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60779: Photographs of Charles W. Carr and his sisters

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posted on 2024-02-21, 10:51 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

Corporal Charles W. Carr is photographed with his sister Edith. Edith died of consumption in 1916. Charles' son Tony Carr recalls that Charles got some leave without expecting it, and "went by train home to his family in Llandrindod Wells arriving very early in the morning on the mil train - too early to wake the family. So he sat with the signalman (a friend of the family) in the signalbox at Llandrindod Station. During the conversation the signalman unfortunately had to break the news to Charles that his sister had died that week!"

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.
Charles W. Carr and his sister Francis, ('Ciss' or 'Cissie'). Charles' son Tony Carr remembers that Charles's primary correspondent during the war with his family was Ciss. Note on the back records the date and location as 1916 Chelmsford.

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.

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Identifier

9187.cpd| 4914.jpg|GWA_3479_CWCarr_Edith_1915.jpg 4915.jpg|GWA_3480_CWCarr_Ciss_Chelmsford_1916.jpg

Subject

Carr, Charles Woodward

Date

1915 - 1916 | 1915 1916

Date Created

01/01/1915 | 01/01/1916

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1916 | 31/12/1915

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Pages

1, 2

Number of Pages

7

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Alun Edwards | Tony Carr

Submission Event

Powys Archives Submission Day

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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