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Joseph Carter was born in Beverley in 1880, son of John Thomas Carter, and Ann Elizabeth nee Collinson. When they married, in 1879, Ann already had four children, all born in Beverley. After the birth of Joseph, they had four more children. In 1891 John was an engine driver's labourer, he died in 1893 when Joseph was only 13. In 1901 aged 21 Joseph is recorded as being single, living in Beverley Parks, employed as a carter on a farm. In 1911 he was aged 30; still a bachelor, living at 2 Hoppers Cottages, Laundress Lane, Beverley, with his widowed mother, Ann and working as a labourer on the railway. His mother died at the age of 90 in Dec 1937.
Joseph's medal card and information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission show that during the war he served in the 1st/5th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers. As part of the 50th Division, the 1/5th Bn. of the Northumberland Fusiliers took part in the battle of Fleurs-Courcelette, and it was on the first day of action in that battle, 15 Sep 1916, that Joseph Carter was killed in action.
He has no known grave, and is "Remembered with Honour" on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing. He was awarded the British War and Victory medals, and his name appears on the Beverley War Memorial
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