Henry Alfred Stanley Carpenter

Henry served first with 9th East Yorks as a drill instructor, taking his officer's course in Glasgow and then being Gazetted into 14th Battalion Royal Scots Regiment, later transferring to the Machine Gun Corps.Peake Wood Cemetery , Fricourt, Somme, France Grave Reference: B 10

The following article is taken from the 'In memoriam' section of the 'Retfordian' magazine which was an in house publication of the King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford :- Harry S. Carpenter, after working as a drill instructor in the 9th E. Yorks, took his officers course at Glasgow, and was gazetted to the 14th Royal Scots. He went out with the M.G.C. at the end of last July, and on September 2nd, he was killed by a shell just outside Contalmaison, where he was commanding four machine guns. Although carpenter had been with his men but a short time, the letters of sympathy from the front reveal a great affection for him by both officers and men. Speaking of the funeral the Chaplain says, " It was essentially a soldier's burial - an officer in attendance with men standing to attention all around - the guns bombarding so terrifically that I could hardly hear myself speak, for it was the last few minutes before one of our great attacks."