No.36092, Private, Reginald John CARDER
Aged 19
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Reginald John Carder was born in Dullingham (Newmarket Q1-1899 3B:502), baptised in Dullingham 1899, son of William John Pinner and Sarah Jane
CARDER (née FAMELEY) of Dullingham.
1901 census...Aged 2, he was at Station Road, Dullingham with his father William John CARDER [31] policeman born Little Abington; his mother Sarah Jane [33], born St.Ives, Hunts; brother Horace William [6] and sisters Dorothy May [4] and Edith Florence [3], all born in Weston Colville. 1911 census...Aged 12, he was at 45 Westley Waterless with his parents, brother Horace and sisters Dorothy, Edith and Margaret [5] born Over. References have been seen of his father Police Constable CARDER at Cheveley, certainly his job moved him around regularly. The pension card has his mother at Church Terrace, Cheveley |
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He enlisted in Bedford in April 1917 and was resident in Ramsey, Hunts. Quite possibly he never actually lived in Cheveley himself Since the battle of Alexandria in 1801 when they fought on despite being surrounded. The Gloucestershire Regiment, uniquely in the British Army, wear a badge front and back of when in service dress. Nicknamed "The Glorious Glosters", the regiment carried more battle honours on their regimental colours than any other British Army line regiment. On 29th May 1918 the 8th battalion were involved in the battle of the Aisne, trying to hold the Germans. At the end of April 1918, IXth Corps was posted to the French 6th Army in this sector to rest and refit following the German offensives on the Somme and Lys. Here, at the end of May, they found themselves facing an overwhelming German attack which, despite fierce opposition, pushed the Allies back across the Aisne to the Marne. Having suffered 15,000 fatal casualties, IX Corps was withdrawn. On 29th May, the last day that Reginald was seen, the battalion were being forced back in the l'Hery - Chambrecy area. CWGC have his death as being on 12th June, but this may have been the day his death was presumed. Other sources have "on or since 29th May". The Soissons Memorial commemorates almost 4,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom forces who died during the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne in 1918 and who have no known grave.
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