CARTER, Thomas
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Rank:
Gunner
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
1491335
Birthplace:
Scotton, Richmond, Yorkshire
Died :
Sunday, May 31, 1942
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Gunner Thomas Carter from Yorkshire drowned in a boating accident at Largs. He has no known grave. Son of William and Lucy Carter, of Scotton, Yorkshire.
Extract from the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer
Published Saturday 6 June 1942
Gunner Thomas Carter, Royal Artillery, fourth son of Mrs. L. Carter, of Scotton, near Richmond, has been drowned at Largs, Scotland. Carter, a Commando, and Mr. John Ramage, son of a member of the Paisley Police Force, were in a small boat which overturned. Ramage, who was able to swim, was rescued.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/44 and WO417/53.
Royal Artillery Casualty Card.
Royal Artillery Attestations Register 1938.
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