BORN HULL 1875. SON OF JOSEPH THOMAS CARR & SUSANHAH CARR, OF 100 , CHURCH STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL, HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. HIS UNOFFICIAL WIFE, WAS MINERVA BURTON AT 19 SOUTH PARADE, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 41573, YORK & LANCS REGIMENT & PRIVATE, 22267, EYR. HE DIED OF DISEASE, ON 30/09/1917, AGED 43.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 16/11/1917, 30/09/1918.
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2.
First name:
WILLIAM EDGAR
Regiment:
Military Number:
18282
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/09/1917
Place died:
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
43
100 , CHURCH STREET,DRYPOOL, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried