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Gnr. Albert Carr
British Army 21st Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Longton, Staffordshire
(d.14th Jul 1916)
My grandfather Albert Carr attested into Kitchener's Army in 1914, was trained as a Gunner and posted to 21st Battery, RGA, proceeding to France in 1915. When he farewelled his wife Annie Elizabeth and year-old son Albert, Annie was carrying their second son Ronald. Sadly, Ronald and his father were never to know each other. Details of 21st Battery's deployment are scant, but it appears that, on arrival in France, it went to Loos to participate in the Battle, then on to Albert to participate in the opening Battle of the Somme in 1916.
It is not clear exactly how or where Albert Carr was wounded, but he passed away from those wounds at 2nd Field Ambulance on 14th of July 1916, and was buried at Fricourt British Cemetery. After the war his wife (my grandmother) was presented with his Memorial Plaque and posthumous medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. It is sad that, apart from these, we have only two photographs to remember him by.
