BORN HULL 1891. SON OF REBECCA CARR, OF 16, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. HE WAS A SAILOR WHO LODGED WITH HIS MOTHER. HE HAD BEEN IN PRISON FOR BEING DRUNK.
DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 144 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39.5 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, DIS FIGURED LTTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION, VERRY GOOD CHARACTER..
HE ENLISTED AT HULL ON 9/11/1914. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DISCHARGED IN 1915. DIED IN HULL ON 31/05/1920, AGED 29.
MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1918. HE LEFT £261 TO HIS WIDOW, ELIZABETH CARR, AT 4, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS)
HE LEFT FIVE BROTHERS, AND SISTER, FLORENCE.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, CHARLES HENRY CARR, SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS, IN THE DARDENELLES. INVALIDED TO MALTA WITH BRONCHITIS ON 04/10/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY AFTER 1 YEAR AND 100 DAYS, ON 26/11/1915. DIED AT HOME, ON 20/11/1917, AGED 42. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, PERCY CARR, 15099, EAST YORKSHIRE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY AND DIED IN HULL, ON 17TH MAY 1919, AGED 33.
