Casualty of the Great War, Private Harper served with the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars~Service No:537772. He was 24.
Adavoyle Ambush
A troop train with 113 men of the 10th Hussars and 104 horses under the command of Capt Lord W Montague Douglas Scott MC.* They had been part of the Royal Escort in the Kings trip to Belfast, and were returning to their barracks in Belfast. The attack took place on the Ulster border between Louth and Armagh, near Newry at 10am. The soldiers were in the front coaches and the horses in the rear coaches. A mine was detonated under the train; it was slightly late in going off and went off under the last of the compartments containing soldiers.This carriage and all the following 14 or 15 coaches containing the horses were derailed. These were all horse coaches plus the guards van which had the guard and 2 soldiers.The derailed carriages rolled down a 30 foot embankment. Many of the horses died in the wreck, or had to be put down. There was no attempt made to attack the wrecked train. Three soldiers were killed, plus 2 unidentified civilians and the train guard.The other dead soldiers were:
Private William Henry Telford
Serjeant Charles Dowson
Wounded soldiers, Cpl Cosby, Sgt Johnson, Pte Harkinson, Pte Bodill, Pte Lawson. There were 2 BEM's awarded for gallantry at the scene of the crash: Squadron Sergt. Major Farrant award BEM and Farrier Staff Sgt Cox.
His grandmother was German, hence the name Carl
1901 census living at 62, Windsor Road, Ipswich St Matthew
1911 census living at Ocean Wave Farm, Dovercourt with his grandparents
1920 He was married in Bridge Registration district in Kent (probably at Bekesbourne Church ) to Laura Mepsted . She was born in Challock Kent 1895 the daughter of James Horton Mepsted (1855-1900) and Harriet Noble (1864-1953). After her father's death, her mother re-married John Thomas Burchett or Birchett (the spelling varied) and had two more children with him. Laura and her surviving Mepsted siblings (there were 6 children of Harriet's first marriage) took the surname Burchett or Birchett when their mother remarried, and in the 1911 census, Laura is listed under the name spelling Laura Birchett as a domestic servant in Wingham Well, Canterbury, Kent. She and Carl were married less than a year before Carl was killed. There do not appear to be any children born of the brief marriage. In 1925 Carl's widow Laura Harper, married again, to Frederick Ramsden, and in 1927 they had a daughter.
Births Mar 1898 Harper Carl Horace Tendring 4a 663
Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
Name: Carl Horace Harper
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1921
Death Age: 23
Registration District: Newry
Death Country: Ireland
Volume: 1 Page: 439
* Lieutenant-Colonel Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott MC (17 January 1896 – 30 January 1958) was a Scottish aristocrat and politician.The 2nd son of John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, he was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the 10th Hussars. Promoted Lieutenant in 1915, he won the Military Cross in 1918 and was shortly afterwards promoted Captain. From 1925 to 1926 he was ADC to the Governor-General of Canada. He retired in 1927. He rejoined the Army in the Second World War, serving in Italy and reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.He was Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Roxburgh and Selkirk from 1935 to 1950, taking over the seat from his elder brother Walter on the death of their father.In 1937 he married Lady Rachel Douglas Home (10 April 1910 – 4 Apr 1996), younger daughter of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home. The couple had one son and four daughters, and lived at Eildon Hall, St Boswells, Roxburghshire.
Adavoyle Ambush
A troop train with 113 men of the 10th Hussars and 104 horses under the command of Capt Lord W Montague Douglas Scott MC.* They had been part of the Royal Escort in the Kings trip to Belfast, and were returning to their barracks in Belfast. The attack took place on the Ulster border between Louth and Armagh, near Newry at 10am. The soldiers were in the front coaches and the horses in the rear coaches. A mine was detonated under the train; it was slightly late in going off and went off under the last of the compartments containing soldiers.This carriage and all the following 14 or 15 coaches containing the horses were derailed. These were all horse coaches plus the guards van which had the guard and 2 soldiers.The derailed carriages rolled down a 30 foot embankment. Many of the horses died in the wreck, or had to be put down. There was no attempt made to attack the wrecked train. Three soldiers were killed, plus 2 unidentified civilians and the train guard.The other dead soldiers were:
Private William Henry Telford
Serjeant Charles Dowson
Wounded soldiers, Cpl Cosby, Sgt Johnson, Pte Harkinson, Pte Bodill, Pte Lawson. There were 2 BEM's awarded for gallantry at the scene of the crash: Squadron Sergt. Major Farrant award BEM and Farrier Staff Sgt Cox.
His grandmother was German, hence the name Carl
1901 census living at 62, Windsor Road, Ipswich St Matthew
1911 census living at Ocean Wave Farm, Dovercourt with his grandparents
1920 He was married in Bridge Registration district in Kent (probably at Bekesbourne Church ) to Laura Mepsted . She was born in Challock Kent 1895 the daughter of James Horton Mepsted (1855-1900) and Harriet Noble (1864-1953). After her father's death, her mother re-married John Thomas Burchett or Birchett (the spelling varied) and had two more children with him. Laura and her surviving Mepsted siblings (there were 6 children of Harriet's first marriage) took the surname Burchett or Birchett when their mother remarried, and in the 1911 census, Laura is listed under the name spelling Laura Birchett as a domestic servant in Wingham Well, Canterbury, Kent. She and Carl were married less than a year before Carl was killed. There do not appear to be any children born of the brief marriage. In 1925 Carl's widow Laura Harper, married again, to Frederick Ramsden, and in 1927 they had a daughter.
Births Mar 1898 Harper Carl Horace Tendring 4a 663
Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
Name: Carl Horace Harper
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1921
Death Age: 23
Registration District: Newry
Death Country: Ireland
Volume: 1 Page: 439
* Lieutenant-Colonel Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott MC (17 January 1896 – 30 January 1958) was a Scottish aristocrat and politician.The 2nd son of John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, he was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the 10th Hussars. Promoted Lieutenant in 1915, he won the Military Cross in 1918 and was shortly afterwards promoted Captain. From 1925 to 1926 he was ADC to the Governor-General of Canada. He retired in 1927. He rejoined the Army in the Second World War, serving in Italy and reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.He was Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Roxburgh and Selkirk from 1935 to 1950, taking over the seat from his elder brother Walter on the death of their father.In 1937 he married Lady Rachel Douglas Home (10 April 1910 – 4 Apr 1996), younger daughter of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home. The couple had one son and four daughters, and lived at Eildon Hall, St Boswells, Roxburghshire.
Casualty of the Great War, Private Harper served with the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars~Service No:537772. He was 24.
Adavoyle Ambush
A troop train with 113 men of the 10th Hussars and 104 horses under the command of Capt Lord W Montague Douglas Scott MC.* They had been part of the Royal Escort in the Kings trip to Belfast, and were returning to their barracks in Belfast. The attack took place on the Ulster border between Louth and Armagh, near Newry at 10am. The soldiers were in the front coaches and the horses in the rear coaches. A mine was detonated under the train; it was slightly late in going off and went off under the last of the compartments containing soldiers.This carriage and all the following 14 or 15 coaches containing the horses were derailed. These were all horse coaches plus the guards van which had the guard and 2 soldiers.The derailed carriages rolled down a 30 foot embankment. Many of the horses died in the wreck, or had to be put down. There was no attempt made to attack the wrecked train. Three soldiers were killed, plus 2 unidentified civilians and the train guard.The other dead soldiers were:
Private William Henry Telford
Serjeant Charles Dowson
Wounded soldiers, Cpl Cosby, Sgt Johnson, Pte Harkinson, Pte Bodill, Pte Lawson. There were 2 BEM's awarded for gallantry at the scene of the crash: Squadron Sergt. Major Farrant award BEM and Farrier Staff Sgt Cox.
His grandmother was German, hence the name Carl
1901 census living at 62, Windsor Road, Ipswich St Matthew
1911 census living at Ocean Wave Farm, Dovercourt with his grandparents
1920 He was married in Bridge Registration district in Kent (probably at Bekesbourne Church ) to Laura Mepsted . She was born in Challock Kent 1895 the daughter of James Horton Mepsted (1855-1900) and Harriet Noble (1864-1953). After her father's death, her mother re-married John Thomas Burchett or Birchett (the spelling varied) and had two more children with him. Laura and her surviving Mepsted siblings (there were 6 children of Harriet's first marriage) took the surname Burchett or Birchett when their mother remarried, and in the 1911 census, Laura is listed under the name spelling Laura Birchett as a domestic servant in Wingham Well, Canterbury, Kent. She and Carl were married less than a year before Carl was killed. There do not appear to be any children born of the brief marriage. In 1925 Carl's widow Laura Harper, married again, to Frederick Ramsden, and in 1927 they had a daughter.
Births Mar 1898 Harper Carl Horace Tendring 4a 663
Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
Name: Carl Horace Harper
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1921
Death Age: 23
Registration District: Newry
Death Country: Ireland
Volume: 1 Page: 439
* Lieutenant-Colonel Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott MC (17 January 1896 – 30 January 1958) was a Scottish aristocrat and politician.The 2nd son of John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, he was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the 10th Hussars. Promoted Lieutenant in 1915, he won the Military Cross in 1918 and was shortly afterwards promoted Captain. From 1925 to 1926 he was ADC to the Governor-General of Canada. He retired in 1927. He rejoined the Army in the Second World War, serving in Italy and reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.He was Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Roxburgh and Selkirk from 1935 to 1950, taking over the seat from his elder brother Walter on the death of their father.In 1937 he married Lady Rachel Douglas Home (10 April 1910 – 4 Apr 1996), younger daughter of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home. The couple had one son and four daughters, and lived at Eildon Hall, St Boswells, Roxburghshire.
Adavoyle Ambush
A troop train with 113 men of the 10th Hussars and 104 horses under the command of Capt Lord W Montague Douglas Scott MC.* They had been part of the Royal Escort in the Kings trip to Belfast, and were returning to their barracks in Belfast. The attack took place on the Ulster border between Louth and Armagh, near Newry at 10am. The soldiers were in the front coaches and the horses in the rear coaches. A mine was detonated under the train; it was slightly late in going off and went off under the last of the compartments containing soldiers.This carriage and all the following 14 or 15 coaches containing the horses were derailed. These were all horse coaches plus the guards van which had the guard and 2 soldiers.The derailed carriages rolled down a 30 foot embankment. Many of the horses died in the wreck, or had to be put down. There was no attempt made to attack the wrecked train. Three soldiers were killed, plus 2 unidentified civilians and the train guard.The other dead soldiers were:
Private William Henry Telford
Serjeant Charles Dowson
Wounded soldiers, Cpl Cosby, Sgt Johnson, Pte Harkinson, Pte Bodill, Pte Lawson. There were 2 BEM's awarded for gallantry at the scene of the crash: Squadron Sergt. Major Farrant award BEM and Farrier Staff Sgt Cox.
His grandmother was German, hence the name Carl
1901 census living at 62, Windsor Road, Ipswich St Matthew
1911 census living at Ocean Wave Farm, Dovercourt with his grandparents
1920 He was married in Bridge Registration district in Kent (probably at Bekesbourne Church ) to Laura Mepsted . She was born in Challock Kent 1895 the daughter of James Horton Mepsted (1855-1900) and Harriet Noble (1864-1953). After her father's death, her mother re-married John Thomas Burchett or Birchett (the spelling varied) and had two more children with him. Laura and her surviving Mepsted siblings (there were 6 children of Harriet's first marriage) took the surname Burchett or Birchett when their mother remarried, and in the 1911 census, Laura is listed under the name spelling Laura Birchett as a domestic servant in Wingham Well, Canterbury, Kent. She and Carl were married less than a year before Carl was killed. There do not appear to be any children born of the brief marriage. In 1925 Carl's widow Laura Harper, married again, to Frederick Ramsden, and in 1927 they had a daughter.
Births Mar 1898 Harper Carl Horace Tendring 4a 663
Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
Name: Carl Horace Harper
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1921
Death Age: 23
Registration District: Newry
Death Country: Ireland
Volume: 1 Page: 439
* Lieutenant-Colonel Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott MC (17 January 1896 – 30 January 1958) was a Scottish aristocrat and politician.The 2nd son of John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, he was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the 10th Hussars. Promoted Lieutenant in 1915, he won the Military Cross in 1918 and was shortly afterwards promoted Captain. From 1925 to 1926 he was ADC to the Governor-General of Canada. He retired in 1927. He rejoined the Army in the Second World War, serving in Italy and reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.He was Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Roxburgh and Selkirk from 1935 to 1950, taking over the seat from his elder brother Walter on the death of their father.In 1937 he married Lady Rachel Douglas Home (10 April 1910 – 4 Apr 1996), younger daughter of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home. The couple had one son and four daughters, and lived at Eildon Hall, St Boswells, Roxburghshire.
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