William Thomas James Nicolas Carpenter was born in 1913 at Mildenhall, Suffolk the son of William James and Alice CARPENTER (née NICHOLAS).
In 1940 he married Ada Violet Turner.
Report from the Bury Free Press (15th July 1944)
"It has been officially reported that Cpl W Carpenter, of the Royal Norfolk's, has been killed while serving in Burma. He was thirty-one. Corporal W. Carpenter has been for 12 years in the Army, having served in India, where he received the North-West Frontier medal. He leaves a widow and one child who reside in Norwich. Before rejoining the Army at the beginning of this war Cpl. W. Carpenter was employed by Mr. Woollard, egg merchant, Mlldenhall."
In 1940 he married Ada Violet Turner.
Report from the Bury Free Press (15th July 1944)
"It has been officially reported that Cpl W Carpenter, of the Royal Norfolk's, has been killed while serving in Burma. He was thirty-one. Corporal W. Carpenter has been for 12 years in the Army, having served in India, where he received the North-West Frontier medal. He leaves a widow and one child who reside in Norwich. Before rejoining the Army at the beginning of this war Cpl. W. Carpenter was employed by Mr. Woollard, egg merchant, Mlldenhall."
William Thomas James Nicolas Carpenter was born in 1913 at Mildenhall, Suffolk the son of William James and Alice CARPENTER (née NICHOLAS).
In 1940 he married Ada Violet Turner.
Report from the Bury Free Press (15th July 1944)
"It has been officially reported that Cpl W Carpenter, of the Royal Norfolk's, has been killed while serving in Burma. He was thirty-one. Corporal W. Carpenter has been for 12 years in the Army, having served in India, where he received the North-West Frontier medal. He leaves a widow and one child who reside in Norwich. Before rejoining the Army at the beginning of this war Cpl. W. Carpenter was employed by Mr. Woollard, egg merchant, Mlldenhall."
In 1940 he married Ada Violet Turner.
Report from the Bury Free Press (15th July 1944)
"It has been officially reported that Cpl W Carpenter, of the Royal Norfolk's, has been killed while serving in Burma. He was thirty-one. Corporal W. Carpenter has been for 12 years in the Army, having served in India, where he received the North-West Frontier medal. He leaves a widow and one child who reside in Norwich. Before rejoining the Army at the beginning of this war Cpl. W. Carpenter was employed by Mr. Woollard, egg merchant, Mlldenhall."
Inscription
5771284 L. CPL
W. T. J. CARPENTER
THE ROYAL NORFOLK REGIMENT
9TH JUNE 1944 AGE 31
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND
IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Gravesite Details
5771284
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