CARLIN H.
Hilary Carlin
Private 2448
6th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Hilary Carlin died on Thursday 30 March 1916, Age 21, and was buried in ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI, Pas de Calais, France.
He was born c1895 in Beighton, Derbyshire, the son of Joseph and Alice Carlin. In 1901 the family are recorded on the census in Beighton, Derbys. Joseph Carlin was a native of New Whittington, Derbys, while his wife Alice was born in Darnall, Yorks.
At the time of his death, Hilary Carlin's parents were living at Charles Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Notts Free Press, 14th April 1916
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War
1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
HILARY CARLIN. Born Beighton, Yorkshire. Enlisted Blackwell, Derbyshire (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts) 1/6th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 2448, Killed in Action, France & Flanders 30th March 1916.
From "Lest we forget - The Blackwell Colliery War Souvenier"
H. Carlin, Charles St., Sutton. Enlisted 2-11-14. Notts & Derby Regt. Actions: France. Killed in action, 30-3-16.
Research by Helen Wilson and Heather Faulkes
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