Private Thomas George Carter

Army Number : 3541

Battalion : 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Mayfield, Derbyshire and lived at Mapleton, Derbyshire. Son of Edward and Martha Carter, of Market Place, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. He was a stable boy prior to enlisting 13th November 1914 at Buxton, Derbyshire. He went to France on 19th August 1915 and was killed in action, 15th October 1915, age 19, whilst the Battalion was in the line at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, France.

Buried/Commemorated : Loos Memorial, France. Panel 87 to 89.

Private Thomas George Carter is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St, Mary’s Church War Memorial, Mapleton, Derbyshire.

His brother Private Charles Carter 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment also fell in the Great War.