BORN HULL, 1886.SON OF ROBERT THOMAS CARR (1850-1898) & REBECCA CARR, OF 4 ADA’S TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET AND 16, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER MARRIED GEORGE ARTHUR SKINNER, AT HULL IN 1904. FROM A LARGE FAMILY, WITH FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER.
WORKED AS A BREWER’S LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 129 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENLAND RELIGION.
ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/11/1914. REJECTED DUE TO A BAD LEFT KNEE. RE-ENLISTED ON 5/7/1915. SERVED IN THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DISCHARGED WITH BRONCHITIS, ON 26/4/1916. AWARDED THE SILVER WAR BADGE (NO: 173396). DIED ON 17/05/1919, AGED 33, AT HULL.
HIS BROTHERS, CHARLES AND FRED CARR ALSO DIED IN THE WAR.
HIS BROTHER, GUNNER, ALBERT CARR, 50646, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY IN 1915, AND DIED IN HULL, IN 1920, AGED 29
