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Drvr. Harry George Carter
British Army 66th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Commercial St, Bitterne, Southampton, England
(d.31st August 1916)
Harry Carter was a labourer before the war. On the Royal Engineers return of those entitled to the 1914-15 Star, he is recorded as "Died" rather than "Died of Wounds" or "Killed in Action". He is buried in the Lahana Military Cemetery, Lachanas, Greece. He was survived by his mother and father, an older sister and a younger brother.
Harry is commemorated on the Bitterne War Memorial inside the Church of the Holy Saviour, Bitterne, Southampton, England.