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Timeline

Timeline

 
1914
employment Bank Clerk Canada Source:9510376 24th September 1914
1914
service Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 2490 Source:9510376 25th September 1914 - 31st August 1916
1915
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9510376 4th May 1915
1916
service Canadian Expeditionary Force Lance Corporal 2490 Source:9510376 1st September 1916 - 13th September 1916
1916
service Canadian Expeditionary Force Coproral 2490 Source:9510376 14th September 1916 - 7th December 1916
1916
service Canadian Expeditionary Force Sergeant 2490 Source:9510376 8th December 1916
1917
service British Army Lieutenant Canadian Expeditionary Force Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Source:9510376 1st June 1917
1917
service Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps Source:9510349 18th September 1917
service British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps Source:9510316
service Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 17 Training Squadron Source:9510376
1918
death Accident - Aircraft crash whilst flying Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8. #B5117 [Court of Enquiry found turning at low altitude, stalled and nose-dived into ground] Yatesbury, Wiltshire United Kingdom Source:9510376 Source:9510320 Source:9510324 22nd March 1918
burial Yatesbury (all Saints) Churchyard CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Wiltshire United Kingdom 6. Source:9510324

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Walter Earl
Initials WE
Last Name Carter
Source 9510320
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Flying Corps Lieutenant
British Army Royal Flying Corps Lieutenant
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2490 Private
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2490 Lance Corporal
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2490 Coproral
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2490 Sergeant
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Flying Corps 17 Training Squadron Lieutenant
British Army Canadian Expeditionary Force Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Lieutenant
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Charles John Carter father

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    Typical RAF badge as used on many RFC CWGC headstones, like his

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription R58235
Canadian Expeditonary Force attestations 1914-1918 Transcription R58235

External Evidence

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MIC image (Ancestry) R58235
Carter, W.E. (Walter Earl) [RAF StoryVault] R58235
Lieutenant Walter Earl Carter [Find a Grave] R58235
LONDON GAZETTE, 24 APRIL, 1918 - Lt [Flying Officer - RFC} R58235
LONDON GAZETTE, 17 MAY, 1918 - Lt [Sec'd RFc] R58235

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