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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Rifleman Z/820 Ernest Alfred CARPENTER - 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade

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Killed in Action on Friday 11th June 1915 aged 24

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Military History
     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Houplines Communal Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
3 Feb 1915 in France ~ Cubbington
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Second Battle of Artois 3 Sep 1914 at Rugby ~
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
near Armentiers ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Ernest is listed as being killed in action on 11 Jun 1915. The very brief war diary entry for that day is transcribed below along with a newspaper article about Ernest and his brother Charles.

War Diary

11-6-15 - Trenches [near Armentiers]: Trenches. Relieved in evening. Killed 1  Wounded 1. END

Newspaper Report

The Warwick Advertiser - July 3rd 1915

CUBBINGTON

One killed, One Missing

Rifleman Ernest Alfred Carpenter (4th Battalion Rifle Brigade) who was a native of Cubbington had been killed in action in France at the age of 24 years.

At the outbreak of the war he was in employment at the Daimler Works and enlisted in September 3rd 1914, and early in the spring of this year was sent out to France.

His brother, Charles Carpenter, who also joined on the same day in September last, is reported "missing". Both brothers were for several years members of the Cubbington Excelsior Band. Much sympathy is felt with the parents.
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
3rd Qtr 1890 at Cubbington 23 Sep 1890 at Cubbington
   
Parents Names Abode
William and Ellen Carpenter Penn's Cottages, Cubbington 
   
Schools Colleges
Cubbington Village School ~
   
Address History Employment History
1890 - Cubbington 1911 - Farm Labourer
1891 - New Street, Cubbington 1914 - Daimler Car Company, Coventry  
1901 - New Street, Cubbington  
1911 - Penns Cottages Cubbington  
1914 - Penns Cottages, Cubbington  
   

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