Basic Details
Surname
Carter
Forenames
J W
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Joseph William
Served or died
Died
Notes
Service, forename and death details sourced from Hornshaw and Fowler. He had been a boarder at the school and had been their captain of cricket, later an amateur rugby player. He attended Leeds University and enlisted in 1940, being commissioned in 1942.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Cemetery
St Desir War Cemetery
Year of death
1944
Month of death
August
Day of death
23
Age at death
26
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action