Basic Details
Surname
Carter
Forenames
Walter
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married, with two children, and worked in the cardroom of a mill before he enlisted in March 1915. He was wounded twice in a year and ultimately killed by shellfire. His younger brother, Arthur, who served in the same regiment and is also commemorated on this memorial, saw him killed and wrote to his widow before he too was killed a month later.
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
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Longueval
Cemetery
British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
November
Day of death
14
Age at death
43
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action