Name
Edward (poss Edwin) Joseph Henry Carpenter
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/03/1918
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
32973
East Surrey Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CHAUNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION
Plot I, Row L, Grave 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour, Not on the Bushey memorials(*1)
Pre War
Son of Edwin and Annie (nee SMITH) CARPENTER; husband of Maria (nee GEORGE) CARPENTER of Brighton, Sussex.
His parents married 8 December 1888 at St Matthew’s, Oxhey, Herts. Edwin died 1928 in Watford aged 69, and was buried 24 March in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; Annie died 1954 in Watford aged 85, and was buried 6 May, also in Vicarage Road Cemetery.
Edward was born 13 May 1889 in Bushey, Herts, and baptised 15 September 1889 at St Matthew’s, Oxhey. He married 1916 in the Brighton district, and resided in Brighton. Maria never remarried, she died 10 May 1991 in Hove, Sussex, and was buried in Brighton and Preston Cemetery.
On the 1891 Census, aged 1 he lived in Watford, with his parents and no siblings. On the 1901 Census, aged 11 he still lived in Watford, with his parents and four siblings. On the 1911 Census, a pastry cook aged 21, he still lived in Watford, with his parents and four siblings.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Chichester, Sussex; was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and died a Prisoner of War of wounds received in action.
Additional Information
*1 Records found have recorded his birthplace as Bushey. This may be the case, however Bushey was the main postal location given for nearby villages and hamlets, so it may be that this information is misleading. If more accurate information found this will be updated. Unfortunately, Edward’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing. There is a brief article about and a Death announcement for Edward in the West Herts and Watford Observer dated 29 June 1918; plus an In Memoriam in the issue dated 29 March 1919. His brother Albert died 30 August 1918 and also features on Watford Borough Roll of Honour.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
