BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ALEXANDER (1862-1933) & MARIA ELEANOR CARR, OF 7 HYMERS GROVE, WEST PARADE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE REISDED AT GANTON, SCARBOROUGH. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 1/5TH ESSEX REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, IN SYRIA, PALESTINE, ON 02/11/1917, AGED 20.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER ELEANOR.
NOTE: PRIVATE, ALEXANDER CARR, 2ND GORDON HIGLANDERS OF THE SAME ADDRESS, 7, HYMERS GROVE, WEST PARADE, HULL, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 31/07/1918, AGED 21 AND IS BURIED AT KIRKCALDY CEMETERY, FIFE, SCOTLAND. HE IS NOT THE FATHER OR BROTHER, BOTH CALLED ALEXANDER, OF ARTHUR CARR.
First name:
ARTHUR
Regiment:
Military Number:
36776
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/11/1917
Place died:
Gaza War Cemetery, Israel & Palestine (including Gaza)
Age:
20
