First Name: | William | Last Name: | CARTER | |
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Date of Death: | 19/02/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Peckham | |
Rank: | Private | Unit: | Cornwall Light Infantry1 | |
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Current Information:Age-30 49, Heaton Road, Peckham Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
On 15th February 1915, the 1st Cornwall Light Infantry battalion of 14th Brigade, 5th Division moved into trenches south-west of Messines where they remained until relieved on 19th February, the day on which William Carter was killed and which the battalion diary recorded as being a ‘quiet day’. The attrition rate among British soldiers on the Western Front was on average 300 each day and 60% of these were as a result of shellfire. When not involved in an actual battle it was either shell fire or a sniper’s bullet that caused most deaths and injuries. |
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