Private Charles Carter

Army Number : 17796

Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born Hednesford, Staffordshire and lived at Cannock, Staffordshire. Son of William and Serena Carter of Old Fallow Road, Blackfords, Cannock. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He served in Gallipoli during 1915 and was killed in action, whilst serving in the line near Maillet Mailly, France. during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private Charles Carter is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Cannock War Memorial, Cannock, Staffordshire.