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Harry Carr was a regular soldier with the 1st Northumberland Fusiliers and had served in India before the war. In 1911 he was stationed at Rawalpindi although a note alongside his name marks him as absent.
Harry was born in Hornsea in 1884, living in Southgate with his grandparents, mother and two elder sisters. In Feb 1914 he married Edith Andrew, of Hornsea, in St Andrews Church, Drypool.
Harry was awarded the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star with clasp with a qualifying date of 13 Aug 1914. He would have arrived in France on 14 Aug 1914. The 1st Northumberland Fusiliers served with 9th Brigade, 3rd Division British Expeditionary Force and were involved in the Battle of Messine which took place between 12 Oct and 2 Nov 1914. On 1 Nov 1914 Harry Carr was killed in action. His age is given as 29 and he was the first "undisputed" Hornsea man to be killed in the war, that is born in Hornsea but not a resident there at the time of his death.
Harry's name is recorded on the Menin Gate Wall in Ypres and more locally can be found in Hornsea Memorial Gardens, in Hornsea Methodist Church and in Beverley Minster
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