Pte
Vincent Carr

Informatie over geboorte

Geboortedatum:
03/05/1894
Geboorteplaats:
North Tryon, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Algemene Informatie

Beroep:
Arbeider

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Canada
Strijdmacht:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Service nummer:
444791
Dienstneming datum:
05/06/1915
Dienstneming plaats:
Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada
Eenheden:
 —  1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
30/10/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
Abraham Heights, Zonnebeke, België
Doodsoorzaak:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Leeftijd:
23

Begraafplaats

Cement House Cemetery
Plot: XVI
Rij: A
Graf: 22

Onderscheidingen en medailles 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Points of interest 3

#1 Geboorteplaats
#2 Dienstneming plaats
#3 Plaats van overlijden (bij benadering)

Mijn verhaal

Private Vincent Carr served in the 1st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade, which took part in the attack on Passchendaele village on the 30th of October 1917.

Private Carr and two others, namely Private Willson and Sergeant Bellas, were found in one grave on Abraham Heights (28.D.15.b.8.4.), southwest of the village of Passchendale. The surviving ‘Circumstances of death’ records of Private Carr and Sergeant Bellas note that both men were killed by an High Explosive shell on Abraham Heights.

According to the War Diary of the 1st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade, three machine gun companies were in the field at around the 30th. ‘A’-Battery from the 28th till the 31st of October, ‘B’-Battery from the 29th till the 31st of October and the ‘Eaton’-Battery from the 30th October till the 1st of November. Although the positions on Abraham Heights (28.D.15.b.7.4.) were abandoned on the 29th to take up new positions just north of Tyne Cot Cemetery (28.D.16.b.6.9.), many runners were sent to the supply stores behind the front to resupply the machine guns on the front line. Although it's uncertain in which Battery the three men served, it's likely that the men were killed by shellfire while hauling equipment between the gun positions and the back areas.

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Ancestry
http://www.ancestry.co.uk
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/4032456/carr,-vincent/
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Delbert Carr collection
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Library and Archives Canada
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx
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Service Record
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=89334
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The Long Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/
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