219610 Spr. Sydney David Carpenter British Army Royal Engineers from:Liverpool Sydney Carpenter was a friend of my father who was a horse driver in the Royal Engineers and I wonder how they met. It may be that my father drove a limber with signals equipment etc. My father's No. was 136633 so he joined at a different time and as Syd had spent five years at college doing scientific photography before 1914 he must have had different interests.
In 1917 Syd went over to the RFC and eventually the RAF. He learnt to fly and do aerial photography and spent time in and out of hospital in England due to a complaint received in service.
His records with the RFC from 1917 are on line but what he did in the sappers.
My father was Alfred Henry Williams and kept in touch with Syd who had a small photography shop in Liverpool.
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