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Regiment, Corps etc. |
Royal Army Medical
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Surname |
CARSON |
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Christian Name(s) |
Herbert William
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Initials |
H. W.
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Born |
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Enlisted |
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Residence |
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Age: |
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Date of Death: |
12/10/18
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Died How |
Died
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Theatre of War |
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Rank |
CAPT (A/MAJOR) |
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Service Number |
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Casualty Type: |
Commonwealth War
Dead |
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Grave/Memorial Reference: |
A. 64. |
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Cemetery: |
DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY |
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Supplementary Notes |
DSO |
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Notes |
Larne Grammar
School Plaque |
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Notes |
Larne War
Memorial |
Source:
Distinguished Service Order, 1886-1923;
DeRuvigny's Roll of Honour, part V.
supplied by Dick Flory
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Educated at Grammar School, Larne;
Queen's College, Belfast, and Royal University of Ireland where he
earned an MB, B Ch and BAO in 1905.
Lieut, RAMC 29 Jul 07
Captain, RAMC, 1901
Lieut. Col., RAMC, 1917
Served in India and Aug 14 went to Egypt
Appointed Registrar of 15th General Hospital in Cairo
Given command of a Field Ambulance in 1917 and took with the Egyptian
Expeditionary Force in Palestine.
Severely wounded at Nebi Samevil on 22 Nov 1917
On recovery volunteered for active service and attached to HQ, Desert
Mounted Corps
Died of pneumonia following malaria at the English Hospital, Damascus on
12 Oct 1918 and buried in the hospital cemetery.
Twice mentioned in despatches and gazetted with the DSO on 3 Jun 1918.
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Updated on
11 November, 2004
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