Selected Biographies

Carter, David Maurice – Born: Sible Hedingham, Essex on 23.11.1888.[1]  Parents: Charles Carter (Brickmaker) and Maria Jane [née Ruggles].  Home: Cuckoos, Wetherfield Road, Sible Hedingham, Essex (1891), living with Nathan Carter (Uncle) at Brandon Road, Elveden, Suffolk (1911), Police Station, Hall Street, Long Melford [1917], Oak House, Oak Road, Halstead, Essex (1939).  Occupation: Brickmaker (1911), Police Constable in Long Melford [1917], Reserve Police Constable (1939).  Married: Alice Maud Mary Loades in 1915.  Service Record: Attested on 6.6.1917 as Gnr.164548 with 258^th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery and posted to France from 17.10.1917 to 6.9.1918 with 245^th Siege Battery, RGA.  On 3.9.1918 David received a gunshot wound to his left leg, was issued with a Silver War Badge, and discharged in November 1919.[2]  Died: Halstead, Essex in 1955.

Carter, Ronald Frederick Alder – Born: Shipley, Yorkshire on 4.5.1900.[3]  Parents: William Joseph Carter (Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools) and Lucy [née How].  Home: 69 Wycliffe Road, Shipley, Yorkshire (1901), Richmond Crescent, St Bees, Cumberland (1911), The Grange, The Green, Long Melford (1939), The Lodge, Market Weston, Suffolk [1960].  Occupation: Chief Education Officer (1939).  Married: Audrey Vera Hammon Paine in 1932.  Service Record: Ronald was granted a commission on 30.12.1918 as a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Artillery.[4]  Died: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 10.10.1960.[5]

Carter, William – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 1.11.1898.[6]  Parent: Sarah Louisa Carter.  Home: Living with Charles and Caroline Carter (Grandparents) in St Marys Street, Long Melford (1901), St Catherines Road, Long Melford (1911), 41 Albert Road, Braintree, Essex (1939) to [1961].  Occupation: Clerk for C. H. Row of Long Melford [1917], Progress Clerk for the Crittall Metal Window Company and a member of Air Raid Precaution Service (1939).  Married: Ruth Daines in 1929.  Service Record: William was a member of the Long Melford Volunteer Training Corps in 1915.[7]  At the Melford Military Service Tribunal in 1917 his employer Charles Row asked for his exemption, which was refused.[8]  Conscription should have followed shortly after; however, the unit is not known as no definitive military record has been found.  Died: Braintree, Essex on 12.2.1961.[9]

Notes – [1] Date of birth from the 1939 Register for Halstead, Essex. [2] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War, Silver War Badge [WO 329] record [ref: B338908], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [3] Date of birth from Baptism Register 30.5.1900, St Pauls Church, Shipley, Yorkshire. [4] Officer Service Record [WO 373/12520] and for notification of his commission see Supplement to the London Gazette 1.5.1919, p.5480. [5] Date of death from the National Probate Calendar. [6] Date of birth from Admission Register 4.11.1901, St Catherines Infants School, Long Melford. [7] For Training Corps articles see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 10.3.1915 and 29.12.1915,  [8] For a summary of the Tribunal’s ruling see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 27.6.1917.  [9] Date of death from the National Probate Calendar.