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 HENRY CARR, 6TH EYR 6/6565. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT GALLIPOLI, 1915.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, FRED CARR, 19779, 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED ON 08/03/1917, AGED 28.
HIS BROTHER, GUNNER, ALBERT CARR, 50646, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY IN 1915, AND DIED IN HULL, IN 1920, AGED 29.
