Sapper 426415 Bertie Carter

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 3rd/1st West Lancs Field Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: Spr 8642, R.E. (T)

Age at death: 37
Date of death: 31st of July 1917 (Tuesday)
Born: Dorley, Salop
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 9.

BMD details:
Marriage: 01/08/1909 Bertie Carter to Sarah Eden at Eccleston St Thomas.

Family details:
Son of Enoch and Sarah Jane Carter, of 95, Talbot St., St. Helens. Widow Sarah is sole legatee.

Census details:
1881 - 1 years old Bertie is living at Old Park - Colliers Row, Dawley, Shropshire with parents Jacob? (21) and Sarah (19). 1891 - 12 years old schoolboy Bertie is living at 27 Campbell Street, St Helens with parents Enoch (32), Sarah J (30) and two siblings: Emma J (10), Mary A (3). 1901 - Shows 21 years old 'Wageman at Coal Mine' Bertie living at 105 Hanover Court, St Helens with his parents Enoch (41), Sarah Jane (39) and five siblings: Emma Jane (18), Mary Ann (12), Sarah Jane (9), Enoch (7), Lester (2). 1911- Sees 31 years old 'Datler In Coal Mine' Bertie living at 17 Campbell Street, St Helens with his wife Sarah (28).

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/426415BertieCarter.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/B_Carter_RE.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Sapper Bertie Carter on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]