CARTER F.
Fred Carter
Private 22738
9th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Fred Carter died on Thursday 7th September 1916, Age 21, and was commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
He was born c1896 at Collingham, Notts, to parents George Henry and Betsy Carter. George Henry Carter was a Boatman, and a native of Collingham, who married Betsy Allett at North Collingham in June 1888. By 1916 they were living at Charnwood Villas, Stonyford Lane, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
Notts Free Press, 6th September 1918
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Carter, Private Fred, Sherwood Foresters.
From "Lest we forget - The Blackwell Colliery War Souvenier"
F. Carter, Stoneyford Lane, Sutton. Enlisted 28-1-15. Pte., Notts & Derby Regt. Actions: Suvla Bay and France. Killed in action, 7-9-16, on the Somme.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood
Foresters’
CARTER
Fred. Born Collingham, Notts, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. 9th Bn.,
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private
22738 , Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 7th September 1916.
Research by Heather Faulkes
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