Charles Frederick Carr
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Charles Frederick Carr was baptised on 16th September 1875 at All Saints Church, Normanton, Yorkshire, he was the son of the late Joseph Carr a button maker and Hannah Carr née Crossley of Normanton, Yorkshire. Joseph was born in 1842 at Birmingham, he died in 1877 aged 35 yrs, Hannah Crossley was born in 1841 at Derby, she died in 1911 aged 70 yrs, they were married on 20th July 1871 their marriage was recorded in the Wakefield registration district, they had two other children Edward b1872 and Alice b1874. In 1911 his widowed mother is living with her son at 24 Salisbury Street, Skipton, she is 69 yrs and a widow, she is living with her son Edward Crossley Carr 38 yrs a pharmacist In 1911 Charles has left the family home he is living at 39 Millicent Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, he is shown as a boarder, 35 yrs , single and a chemist, living with Austin Frederick Price 33 yrs a grocer.
Second Lieutenant Charles Frederick Carr, 17th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Welbeck Rangers), was killed accidentally on 20th February 1917 while the battalion was out of the line training. He is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery.
Article published on 21st February 1917 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- KILLED.“LIEUT. C. F. CARR. “News has reached Nottingham of the death, as the result of an accident in France, of Lieut. Charles F. Carr, of the Sherwood Foresters, who volunteered for service at the commencement of last year. The deceased officer was in partnership with Ald. R. FitzHugh, at the Long Row business for some years. He was also secretary to the Nottingham Pharmacists' Association for a considerable period, relinquishing the office when he took up military duties.” In memoriam published 20th February 1918 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- “CARR. – In affectionate remembrance of my dear chum, Charlie, accidentally killed in France February 20th, 1917. H. Clifford Price.“CARR. – In loving memory of Charles F. Carr, Second-Lieut., Sherwood Foresters, killed accidentally in France February 20th, 1917.” above entries are courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918His estate, valued at £2,464 17s. 1d. was left to George James Robert Parkes, a commercial traveller, and Henry Clifford Parkes, a chemist.
