Frank Carter (c.1895-1917)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- CARTER, FRANK. Private. No 2045. Household Battalion. Son of John Edward and Lois Carter, 26 Ingfield Terrace, Linthwaite. Assisted his father in the family butchery business at Britannia Road, Slaithwaite. Attended Slaithwaite Wesleyan Church. Enlisted November 1916. Embarked for France in February, 1917. Killed in action, 3.5.1917, aged 21 years. Buried WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 8, Row E, Grave 16.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private CARTER
- regiment: Household Battalion
- died: Thursday, May 3, 1917
- age: 21 years
- record ID: 32265
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #32265)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #731244)