Service No: 218418
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 260th Railway Construction Coy.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Carter, of 175, Southampton Rd., Far Cotton, Northampton.
Carter, Frank Edwin Sapper 218418, 260th Railway Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds Monday, 10th December 1917 in at a dressing station near Ypres, Belgium, aged 29. Sapper Carter's officer wrote that he was severely wounded by a shell on the 10th December and died the same day. "He was one of a party working forward, which was subjected to heavy fire, resulting in quite a few casualties. I was present at the time he was wounded and after he was attended to on the spot he was taken away to the field dressing station. Your son set a fine example of courage, although he must have suffered severely". Born Far Cotton, Northampton and attested in Oundle 9th December 1915. He was mobilised on 11th January 1917, joining the Railway Troops Depot, Royal Engineers at Longmoor. He embarked from Southampton for France on 3rd February 1917 arriving at Havre the next day. On 27th March he was admitted to hospital for an unknown reason and then re-joined his unit on 2nd April. Prior to enlistment he was a platelayer on the London North Western Railway. Son of Benjamin and Leah Carter, of 175, Southampton Road., Far Cotton, Northampton. One of 4 brothers lost in the War.
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 260th Railway Construction Coy.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Carter, of 175, Southampton Rd., Far Cotton, Northampton.
Carter, Frank Edwin Sapper 218418, 260th Railway Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds Monday, 10th December 1917 in at a dressing station near Ypres, Belgium, aged 29. Sapper Carter's officer wrote that he was severely wounded by a shell on the 10th December and died the same day. "He was one of a party working forward, which was subjected to heavy fire, resulting in quite a few casualties. I was present at the time he was wounded and after he was attended to on the spot he was taken away to the field dressing station. Your son set a fine example of courage, although he must have suffered severely". Born Far Cotton, Northampton and attested in Oundle 9th December 1915. He was mobilised on 11th January 1917, joining the Railway Troops Depot, Royal Engineers at Longmoor. He embarked from Southampton for France on 3rd February 1917 arriving at Havre the next day. On 27th March he was admitted to hospital for an unknown reason and then re-joined his unit on 2nd April. Prior to enlistment he was a platelayer on the London North Western Railway. Son of Benjamin and Leah Carter, of 175, Southampton Road., Far Cotton, Northampton. One of 4 brothers lost in the War.
Service No: 218418
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 260th Railway Construction Coy.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Carter, of 175, Southampton Rd., Far Cotton, Northampton.
Carter, Frank Edwin Sapper 218418, 260th Railway Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds Monday, 10th December 1917 in at a dressing station near Ypres, Belgium, aged 29. Sapper Carter's officer wrote that he was severely wounded by a shell on the 10th December and died the same day. "He was one of a party working forward, which was subjected to heavy fire, resulting in quite a few casualties. I was present at the time he was wounded and after he was attended to on the spot he was taken away to the field dressing station. Your son set a fine example of courage, although he must have suffered severely". Born Far Cotton, Northampton and attested in Oundle 9th December 1915. He was mobilised on 11th January 1917, joining the Railway Troops Depot, Royal Engineers at Longmoor. He embarked from Southampton for France on 3rd February 1917 arriving at Havre the next day. On 27th March he was admitted to hospital for an unknown reason and then re-joined his unit on 2nd April. Prior to enlistment he was a platelayer on the London North Western Railway. Son of Benjamin and Leah Carter, of 175, Southampton Road., Far Cotton, Northampton. One of 4 brothers lost in the War.
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 260th Railway Construction Coy.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Carter, of 175, Southampton Rd., Far Cotton, Northampton.
Carter, Frank Edwin Sapper 218418, 260th Railway Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds Monday, 10th December 1917 in at a dressing station near Ypres, Belgium, aged 29. Sapper Carter's officer wrote that he was severely wounded by a shell on the 10th December and died the same day. "He was one of a party working forward, which was subjected to heavy fire, resulting in quite a few casualties. I was present at the time he was wounded and after he was attended to on the spot he was taken away to the field dressing station. Your son set a fine example of courage, although he must have suffered severely". Born Far Cotton, Northampton and attested in Oundle 9th December 1915. He was mobilised on 11th January 1917, joining the Railway Troops Depot, Royal Engineers at Longmoor. He embarked from Southampton for France on 3rd February 1917 arriving at Havre the next day. On 27th March he was admitted to hospital for an unknown reason and then re-joined his unit on 2nd April. Prior to enlistment he was a platelayer on the London North Western Railway. Son of Benjamin and Leah Carter, of 175, Southampton Road., Far Cotton, Northampton. One of 4 brothers lost in the War.
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