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Cpl. John Carr

British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry

from:Cowshill, Weardale

(d.1st Jul 1916)

John Carr, aged 23 was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was the son of John Thomas and Mary Jane Carr, of Cowshill, Wearhead, Co. Durham. John had enlisted in September 1914 and was stationed at Hartlepool during the bombardment. He went to Egypt with the 18th Battalion. John has no known grave and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing.



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