BORN WEST HAM, ESSEX 1895. SON OF SYDNEY WILLIAM & MABEL CLARA CARTER, OF 63, MILKWOOD ROAD HERNE HILL, LAMBETH, LONDON. SON OF A PUB LANLORD “DUKE OF ALBANY”, MONSOR ROAD, NEW CROSS, LONDON. EDUCATED AT UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. AN OFFICER TRAINING CADET.
SERVED IN MERCHANT NAVY BEFORE ENLISTED. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 15/01/1916. COMMISSIONED AS 2ND LIEUTENAT, IN THE 1/4TH KOYLI. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 08/07/1916, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE MEMORIAL.
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First name:
SYDNEY ROBERT ERIC
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
08/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
21
