2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Service number 27773
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Joseph Henry Carter was born in Flushdyke, Ossett, in late 1878, the son of Ossett weaver Joe Carter and his wife Hannah Elizabeth (nee Stephenson) who were
married in 1877.
On the 12th of November 1897, aged 19 years and one month, Joseph Henry Carter enlisted in the Militia and had 90 days Drill experience before, on the 13th of December 1898, he enlisted, at Oxford, in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He was certified fit for service on the same day and it was recorded that his trade was a collier. He was 5' 5 1/8″ tall and weighed 136 lbs. His eyes were grey and his hair brown. His little finger on his left hand, was contracted due to an accident. There was a tattoo of a heart on his right forearm and hand, pierced by an arrow and bearing the word "Love" and the letter "M". His attestation records that he had previously served in the Militia, in the 3rd Battalion of the Yorkshire Light Infantry. He signed up for a total of twelve years with seven years in the Colours and five years in the Reserve. Private J.H. Carter was first posted on the 5th of February 1900 to South Africa and secondly on the 5th of March 1902 to India, although he did not arrive there until the 20th of March 1902.
He was awarded a South African War Gratuity on the 17th of September 1902 and posted a third time on the 15th of October 1903. On 1st of April 1904 his conduct was recorded as "good" which was marked by a good conduct medal. He was permitted to extend his service to complete 8 years with the Colours, which meant he would then serve the 4 years balance of his 12 years service in the Reserve to which he was transferred on the 10th of February 1907.
In December 1899, the Second Boer War began and the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry arrived in Southern Africa to take part in the fighting. It saw extensive service in the conflict, including in the relief of the besieged British garrison at Kimberley and in the defeat of the Boers at Paardeberg in February. The war raged on for a further two years and the regiment saw extensive service for the duration of the conflict. The Oxfordshires returned to the UK in 1902 with the conclusion of the war. It moved to India the following year where it was based until the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914.
Joseph Henry (29) and Minnie Brooke married at Ossett Holy Trinity Church on the 23rd of May 1908. Joseph was of Dale St and Minnie of Dewsbury Rd. Both their fathers were deceased: Joe Carter, a weaver and George Brooke, a blacksmith. Joseph and Minnie Carter had a child, Martha, born in 1909 and they lived at Thomlinson's Yard, Dale Street, Ossett.
In 1911, Flushdyke born Joseph Henry and Street Side born Minnie are living at 3, Tomlinson's Yard, Dale Street, Ossett with Gawthorpe born, Martha Carter aged two. Joseph is a mill hand working for a mungo manufacturer and Minnie is a rag sorter working for a rag merchant.
Joseph Carter's 12 years service would have expired on the 12th of December 1910 and he was formally discharged that day, but he had already been re-engaged at Pontefract on 6th December 1910 when he was, again, transferred to the Army Reserve for 4 years (which was subsequently extended in December 1914). He was next mobilised and posted on 5th August 1914. This was the day after the outbreak of WW1. Private 5982, Joseph Henry Carter was aged 36 when he was posted to the 2nd Oxford & Bucks on the 8th of November 1914. He had kept the same Regimental number since he signed on in 1898.
Private Carter saw service in France for just over a year, from the 8th November 1914 to the 9th December 1915. On 8th November 1914, Private 27773, Joseph Henry Carter embarked from Southampton to France with the B.E.F. and on the 12th May 1915, some 17 years after he first enlisted, he was wounded for the first time. The wound to his left shoulder was sufficiently serious for him to be admitted to hospital at Boulogne on the 14th May 1915. Private Carter's regiment had moved to the Bethune Sector in preparation for the Battle of Festubert. The "Regimental Chronicles of The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Vol 24 (1914-1915)" have this extract for the day Joseph Carter was wounded:
He was transferred to Rouen on the 21st May and on the 1st June, he is moved to "Con Camp Rouen" for convalescence. Private Carter recovered sufficiently to return to action "in the field" by the 2nd December 1915 and on the 8th December 1915 he was transferred to England for discharge.
He spent 3 days at home until the 11th December 1915 when his Army Service amounted to 17 years and he was 37 years of age. He was formally discharged "on the termination of his first period of engagement", which was effectively Joseph Carter being placed once again on the army reserve list. He was recalled a year later and returned to his old regiment in France. He died in hospital in France on the 11th June 1918 after being fatally wounded, just short of his 40th birthday, and the Armistice. He had served his Country for more than 20 years – more than half of his life.
he "Ossett Observer" 1 had this report:
"This week, the wife of Private Carter (39) of Dewsbury-road, Ossett, has received a letter from an Army Chaplain, stating that her husband died in hospital in France on the 11th inst. from injuries to the head, received on the battlefield. Deceased, who used to work at Temperance Mills, was an army reservist and was called to rejoin his regiment at the outbreak of the war. Taking part in the Battle of Mons, he was wounded in the left shoulder, though he was not allowed home at the time, but in December 1915, he received his discharge and returned home. About a year later, he was recalled to the army, and returned to the Western front."
Joseph Henry Carter was awarded the British, Victory and the 1914 Star medals. The 1914 Star was approved in 1917, for issue to officers and men of British forces who served in France or Belgium between 5 August and midnight 22/23 November 1914. The majority of recipients were officers and men of the pre-war British army, specifically the British Expeditionary Force (the Old Contemptibles), who landed in France soon after the outbreak of the War and who took part in the Retreat from Mons.
There is no specific battle that Private Carter could have been wounded in, but from the "The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry" 2, there is detail of the 2/4th battalion's movements from the end of May 1918. It seems likely that Private Carter may have been fatally wounded by German shelling or possibly by a German aircraft raid:
Service number 27773
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Joseph Henry Carter was born in Flushdyke, Ossett, in late 1878, the son of Ossett weaver Joe Carter and his wife Hannah Elizabeth (nee Stephenson) who were
married in 1877.
On the 12th of November 1897, aged 19 years and one month, Joseph Henry Carter enlisted in the Militia and had 90 days Drill experience before, on the 13th of December 1898, he enlisted, at Oxford, in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He was certified fit for service on the same day and it was recorded that his trade was a collier. He was 5' 5 1/8″ tall and weighed 136 lbs. His eyes were grey and his hair brown. His little finger on his left hand, was contracted due to an accident. There was a tattoo of a heart on his right forearm and hand, pierced by an arrow and bearing the word "Love" and the letter "M". His attestation records that he had previously served in the Militia, in the 3rd Battalion of the Yorkshire Light Infantry. He signed up for a total of twelve years with seven years in the Colours and five years in the Reserve. Private J.H. Carter was first posted on the 5th of February 1900 to South Africa and secondly on the 5th of March 1902 to India, although he did not arrive there until the 20th of March 1902.
He was awarded a South African War Gratuity on the 17th of September 1902 and posted a third time on the 15th of October 1903. On 1st of April 1904 his conduct was recorded as "good" which was marked by a good conduct medal. He was permitted to extend his service to complete 8 years with the Colours, which meant he would then serve the 4 years balance of his 12 years service in the Reserve to which he was transferred on the 10th of February 1907.
In December 1899, the Second Boer War began and the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry arrived in Southern Africa to take part in the fighting. It saw extensive service in the conflict, including in the relief of the besieged British garrison at Kimberley and in the defeat of the Boers at Paardeberg in February. The war raged on for a further two years and the regiment saw extensive service for the duration of the conflict. The Oxfordshires returned to the UK in 1902 with the conclusion of the war. It moved to India the following year where it was based until the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914.
Joseph Henry (29) and Minnie Brooke married at Ossett Holy Trinity Church on the 23rd of May 1908. Joseph was of Dale St and Minnie of Dewsbury Rd. Both their fathers were deceased: Joe Carter, a weaver and George Brooke, a blacksmith. Joseph and Minnie Carter had a child, Martha, born in 1909 and they lived at Thomlinson's Yard, Dale Street, Ossett.
In 1911, Flushdyke born Joseph Henry and Street Side born Minnie are living at 3, Tomlinson's Yard, Dale Street, Ossett with Gawthorpe born, Martha Carter aged two. Joseph is a mill hand working for a mungo manufacturer and Minnie is a rag sorter working for a rag merchant.
Joseph Carter's 12 years service would have expired on the 12th of December 1910 and he was formally discharged that day, but he had already been re-engaged at Pontefract on 6th December 1910 when he was, again, transferred to the Army Reserve for 4 years (which was subsequently extended in December 1914). He was next mobilised and posted on 5th August 1914. This was the day after the outbreak of WW1. Private 5982, Joseph Henry Carter was aged 36 when he was posted to the 2nd Oxford & Bucks on the 8th of November 1914. He had kept the same Regimental number since he signed on in 1898.
Private Carter saw service in France for just over a year, from the 8th November 1914 to the 9th December 1915. On 8th November 1914, Private 27773, Joseph Henry Carter embarked from Southampton to France with the B.E.F. and on the 12th May 1915, some 17 years after he first enlisted, he was wounded for the first time. The wound to his left shoulder was sufficiently serious for him to be admitted to hospital at Boulogne on the 14th May 1915. Private Carter's regiment had moved to the Bethune Sector in preparation for the Battle of Festubert. The "Regimental Chronicles of The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Vol 24 (1914-1915)" have this extract for the day Joseph Carter was wounded:
He was transferred to Rouen on the 21st May and on the 1st June, he is moved to "Con Camp Rouen" for convalescence. Private Carter recovered sufficiently to return to action "in the field" by the 2nd December 1915 and on the 8th December 1915 he was transferred to England for discharge.
He spent 3 days at home until the 11th December 1915 when his Army Service amounted to 17 years and he was 37 years of age. He was formally discharged "on the termination of his first period of engagement", which was effectively Joseph Carter being placed once again on the army reserve list. He was recalled a year later and returned to his old regiment in France. He died in hospital in France on the 11th June 1918 after being fatally wounded, just short of his 40th birthday, and the Armistice. He had served his Country for more than 20 years – more than half of his life.
he "Ossett Observer" 1 had this report:
"This week, the wife of Private Carter (39) of Dewsbury-road, Ossett, has received a letter from an Army Chaplain, stating that her husband died in hospital in France on the 11th inst. from injuries to the head, received on the battlefield. Deceased, who used to work at Temperance Mills, was an army reservist and was called to rejoin his regiment at the outbreak of the war. Taking part in the Battle of Mons, he was wounded in the left shoulder, though he was not allowed home at the time, but in December 1915, he received his discharge and returned home. About a year later, he was recalled to the army, and returned to the Western front."
Joseph Henry Carter was awarded the British, Victory and the 1914 Star medals. The 1914 Star was approved in 1917, for issue to officers and men of British forces who served in France or Belgium between 5 August and midnight 22/23 November 1914. The majority of recipients were officers and men of the pre-war British army, specifically the British Expeditionary Force (the Old Contemptibles), who landed in France soon after the outbreak of the War and who took part in the Retreat from Mons.
There is no specific battle that Private Carter could have been wounded in, but from the "The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry" 2, there is detail of the 2/4th battalion's movements from the end of May 1918. It seems likely that Private Carter may have been fatally wounded by German shelling or possibly by a German aircraft raid:
2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Service number 27773
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Joseph Henry Carter was born in Flushdyke, Ossett, in late 1878, the son of Ossett weaver Joe Carter and his wife Hannah Elizabeth (nee Stephenson) who were
married in 1877.
On the 12th of November 1897, aged 19 years and one month, Joseph Henry Carter enlisted in the Militia and had 90 days Drill experience before, on the 13th of December 1898, he enlisted, at Oxford, in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He was certified fit for service on the same day and it was recorded that his trade was a collier. He was 5' 5 1/8″ tall and weighed 136 lbs. His eyes were grey and his hair brown. His little finger on his left hand, was contracted due to an accident. There was a tattoo of a heart on his right forearm and hand, pierced by an arrow and bearing the word "Love" and the letter "M". His attestation records that he had previously served in the Militia, in the 3rd Battalion of the Yorkshire Light Infantry. He signed up for a total of twelve years with seven years in the Colours and five years in the Reserve. Private J.H. Carter was first posted on the 5th of February 1900 to South Africa and secondly on the 5th of March 1902 to India, although he did not arrive there until the 20th of March 1902.
He was awarded a South African War Gratuity on the 17th of September 1902 and posted a third time on the 15th of October 1903. On 1st of April 1904 his conduct was recorded as "good" which was marked by a good conduct medal. He was permitted to extend his service to complete 8 years with the Colours, which meant he would then serve the 4 years balance of his 12 years service in the Reserve to which he was transferred on the 10th of February 1907.
In December 1899, the Second Boer War began and the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry arrived in Southern Africa to take part in the fighting. It saw extensive service in the conflict, including in the relief of the besieged British garrison at Kimberley and in the defeat of the Boers at Paardeberg in February. The war raged on for a further two years and the regiment saw extensive service for the duration of the conflict. The Oxfordshires returned to the UK in 1902 with the conclusion of the war. It moved to India the following year where it was based until the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914.
Joseph Henry (29) and Minnie Brooke married at Ossett Holy Trinity Church on the 23rd of May 1908. Joseph was of Dale St and Minnie of Dewsbury Rd. Both their fathers were deceased: Joe Carter, a weaver and George Brooke, a blacksmith. Joseph and Minnie Carter had a child, Martha, born in 1909 and they lived at Thomlinson's Yard, Dale Street, Ossett.
In 1911, Flushdyke born Joseph Henry and Street Side born Minnie are living at 3, Tomlinson's Yard, Dale Street, Ossett with Gawthorpe born, Martha Carter aged two. Joseph is a mill hand working for a mungo manufacturer and Minnie is a rag sorter working for a rag merchant.
Joseph Carter's 12 years service would have expired on the 12th of December 1910 and he was formally discharged that day, but he had already been re-engaged at Pontefract on 6th December 1910 when he was, again, transferred to the Army Reserve for 4 years (which was subsequently extended in December 1914). He was next mobilised and posted on 5th August 1914. This was the day after the outbreak of WW1. Private 5982, Joseph Henry Carter was aged 36 when he was posted to the 2nd Oxford & Bucks on the 8th of November 1914. He had kept the same Regimental number since he signed on in 1898.
Private Carter saw service in France for just over a year, from the 8th November 1914 to the 9th December 1915. On 8th November 1914, Private 27773, Joseph Henry Carter embarked from Southampton to France with the B.E.F. and on the 12th May 1915, some 17 years after he first enlisted, he was wounded for the first time. The wound to his left shoulder was sufficiently serious for him to be admitted to hospital at Boulogne on the 14th May 1915. Private Carter's regiment had moved to the Bethune Sector in preparation for the Battle of Festubert. The "Regimental Chronicles of The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Vol 24 (1914-1915)" have this extract for the day Joseph Carter was wounded:
He was transferred to Rouen on the 21st May and on the 1st June, he is moved to "Con Camp Rouen" for convalescence. Private Carter recovered sufficiently to return to action "in the field" by the 2nd December 1915 and on the 8th December 1915 he was transferred to England for discharge.
He spent 3 days at home until the 11th December 1915 when his Army Service amounted to 17 years and he was 37 years of age. He was formally discharged "on the termination of his first period of engagement", which was effectively Joseph Carter being placed once again on the army reserve list. He was recalled a year later and returned to his old regiment in France. He died in hospital in France on the 11th June 1918 after being fatally wounded, just short of his 40th birthday, and the Armistice. He had served his Country for more than 20 years – more than half of his life.
he "Ossett Observer" 1 had this report:
"This week, the wife of Private Carter (39) of Dewsbury-road, Ossett, has received a letter from an Army Chaplain, stating that her husband died in hospital in France on the 11th inst. from injuries to the head, received on the battlefield. Deceased, who used to work at Temperance Mills, was an army reservist and was called to rejoin his regiment at the outbreak of the war. Taking part in the Battle of Mons, he was wounded in the left shoulder, though he was not allowed home at the time, but in December 1915, he received his discharge and returned home. About a year later, he was recalled to the army, and returned to the Western front."
Joseph Henry Carter was awarded the British, Victory and the 1914 Star medals. The 1914 Star was approved in 1917, for issue to officers and men of British forces who served in France or Belgium between 5 August and midnight 22/23 November 1914. The majority of recipients were officers and men of the pre-war British army, specifically the British Expeditionary Force (the Old Contemptibles), who landed in France soon after the outbreak of the War and who took part in the Retreat from Mons.
There is no specific battle that Private Carter could have been wounded in, but from the "The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry" 2, there is detail of the 2/4th battalion's movements from the end of May 1918. It seems likely that Private Carter may have been fatally wounded by German shelling or possibly by a German aircraft raid:
Service number 27773
------
Joseph Henry Carter was born in Flushdyke, Ossett, in late 1878, the son of Ossett weaver Joe Carter and his wife Hannah Elizabeth (nee Stephenson) who were
married in 1877.
On the 12th of November 1897, aged 19 years and one month, Joseph Henry Carter enlisted in the Militia and had 90 days Drill experience before, on the 13th of December 1898, he enlisted, at Oxford, in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He was certified fit for service on the same day and it was recorded that his trade was a collier. He was 5' 5 1/8″ tall and weighed 136 lbs. His eyes were grey and his hair brown. His little finger on his left hand, was contracted due to an accident. There was a tattoo of a heart on his right forearm and hand, pierced by an arrow and bearing the word "Love" and the letter "M". His attestation records that he had previously served in the Militia, in the 3rd Battalion of the Yorkshire Light Infantry. He signed up for a total of twelve years with seven years in the Colours and five years in the Reserve. Private J.H. Carter was first posted on the 5th of February 1900 to South Africa and secondly on the 5th of March 1902 to India, although he did not arrive there until the 20th of March 1902.
He was awarded a South African War Gratuity on the 17th of September 1902 and posted a third time on the 15th of October 1903. On 1st of April 1904 his conduct was recorded as "good" which was marked by a good conduct medal. He was permitted to extend his service to complete 8 years with the Colours, which meant he would then serve the 4 years balance of his 12 years service in the Reserve to which he was transferred on the 10th of February 1907.
In December 1899, the Second Boer War began and the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry arrived in Southern Africa to take part in the fighting. It saw extensive service in the conflict, including in the relief of the besieged British garrison at Kimberley and in the defeat of the Boers at Paardeberg in February. The war raged on for a further two years and the regiment saw extensive service for the duration of the conflict. The Oxfordshires returned to the UK in 1902 with the conclusion of the war. It moved to India the following year where it was based until the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914.
Joseph Henry (29) and Minnie Brooke married at Ossett Holy Trinity Church on the 23rd of May 1908. Joseph was of Dale St and Minnie of Dewsbury Rd. Both their fathers were deceased: Joe Carter, a weaver and George Brooke, a blacksmith. Joseph and Minnie Carter had a child, Martha, born in 1909 and they lived at Thomlinson's Yard, Dale Street, Ossett.
In 1911, Flushdyke born Joseph Henry and Street Side born Minnie are living at 3, Tomlinson's Yard, Dale Street, Ossett with Gawthorpe born, Martha Carter aged two. Joseph is a mill hand working for a mungo manufacturer and Minnie is a rag sorter working for a rag merchant.
Joseph Carter's 12 years service would have expired on the 12th of December 1910 and he was formally discharged that day, but he had already been re-engaged at Pontefract on 6th December 1910 when he was, again, transferred to the Army Reserve for 4 years (which was subsequently extended in December 1914). He was next mobilised and posted on 5th August 1914. This was the day after the outbreak of WW1. Private 5982, Joseph Henry Carter was aged 36 when he was posted to the 2nd Oxford & Bucks on the 8th of November 1914. He had kept the same Regimental number since he signed on in 1898.
Private Carter saw service in France for just over a year, from the 8th November 1914 to the 9th December 1915. On 8th November 1914, Private 27773, Joseph Henry Carter embarked from Southampton to France with the B.E.F. and on the 12th May 1915, some 17 years after he first enlisted, he was wounded for the first time. The wound to his left shoulder was sufficiently serious for him to be admitted to hospital at Boulogne on the 14th May 1915. Private Carter's regiment had moved to the Bethune Sector in preparation for the Battle of Festubert. The "Regimental Chronicles of The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Vol 24 (1914-1915)" have this extract for the day Joseph Carter was wounded:
He was transferred to Rouen on the 21st May and on the 1st June, he is moved to "Con Camp Rouen" for convalescence. Private Carter recovered sufficiently to return to action "in the field" by the 2nd December 1915 and on the 8th December 1915 he was transferred to England for discharge.
He spent 3 days at home until the 11th December 1915 when his Army Service amounted to 17 years and he was 37 years of age. He was formally discharged "on the termination of his first period of engagement", which was effectively Joseph Carter being placed once again on the army reserve list. He was recalled a year later and returned to his old regiment in France. He died in hospital in France on the 11th June 1918 after being fatally wounded, just short of his 40th birthday, and the Armistice. He had served his Country for more than 20 years – more than half of his life.
he "Ossett Observer" 1 had this report:
"This week, the wife of Private Carter (39) of Dewsbury-road, Ossett, has received a letter from an Army Chaplain, stating that her husband died in hospital in France on the 11th inst. from injuries to the head, received on the battlefield. Deceased, who used to work at Temperance Mills, was an army reservist and was called to rejoin his regiment at the outbreak of the war. Taking part in the Battle of Mons, he was wounded in the left shoulder, though he was not allowed home at the time, but in December 1915, he received his discharge and returned home. About a year later, he was recalled to the army, and returned to the Western front."
Joseph Henry Carter was awarded the British, Victory and the 1914 Star medals. The 1914 Star was approved in 1917, for issue to officers and men of British forces who served in France or Belgium between 5 August and midnight 22/23 November 1914. The majority of recipients were officers and men of the pre-war British army, specifically the British Expeditionary Force (the Old Contemptibles), who landed in France soon after the outbreak of the War and who took part in the Retreat from Mons.
There is no specific battle that Private Carter could have been wounded in, but from the "The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry" 2, there is detail of the 2/4th battalion's movements from the end of May 1918. It seems likely that Private Carter may have been fatally wounded by German shelling or possibly by a German aircraft raid:
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