Carr Charlton Cpl. 4443199
Personnel Entry
Name Carr Charlton
Army number 4443199
Rank Cpl.
Date of birth=Not yet known.
Decorations
Date of birth
Age
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry. Enlisted 17/1/1924, T, 4yrs, aged 18, at Bishop Auckland. Posted 6th Battalion DLI. Re-enlisted in the Coldstream Guards 30/3/1925. Re-enlisted in the 6th Bn DLI 10/7/1939. Posted 10th Battalion DLI. Served B.E.f. Taken Prisoner of War - notification dated 20/6/1940. Repatriated. Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 4/3/1946.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions Corporal
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - Camp Number 8B. Prisoner Number 12676.
Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
Died/Killed in action
Home address Born Bishop Auckland. Next of Kin at enlistment - Father - George Carr, 31 South Terrace, Bishop Auckland.
Source table 10DLI
The Auckland Chronicle of 11th July 1940 included a mention of him having been declared "Missing".
