No.14648268, Private, William D. CARPENTER
Aged 20
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William D. Carpenter was born in 1924 (Mildenhall Q3-1924 4A:1563), son of Ernest Francis and Florence Barbara CARPENTER (née LINNING), later
of Bury St.Edmunds. His grandfather Isaac CARPENTER was a farmer from Wylde Street, Beck Row.
In the 1939 register, a farm worker, he was with his parents were at Wilde Street, Beck Row, father [31-1-1897] a smallholder; mother [2-10-1891] and brother Robert F [15-1-1923] assisting father and Kenneth C BYATT [8-9-1926] scholar (evacuee ?) There is one closed record. Possibly the family used 'Donald', or Mildenhall memorial folk used 'Donald' to differentiate from William, son of William and Alice. |
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6th Seaforths were part of 17th Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division. They had landed at Anzio. On 30th April the 2nd Northants had been
overrun by a German attack on the Fortress ( a few miles north of Anzio). On the 1st May the 6th Seaforths made an unsuccessful attack on
the Fortress.
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