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Ralph Barr Carter

In memory of:

Lieutenant Ralph Barr Carter

August 19, 1917

Military Service

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Flying Corps

Division:

22nd Sqdn.

Citation(s):

British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Additional Information

Born:

January 6, 1893
Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

March 22, 1915
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of Samuel Bell and Emily Lavinia (née Barr) Carter and step-son of Andrew Grieve Waddell of Steveston, Richmond, British Columbia. Brother of Bayard Marshall Carter and Stanley Bell Carter. Lieutenant Carter is commemorated on the Cenotaph located in the plaza in front of City Hall, in Richmond, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 214 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

The Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 757 of 1004. A written account of the Circumstances of the Death of Lieutenant Ralph Barr Carter.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 757 of 1004. A written account of the Circumstances of the Death of Lieutenant Ralph Barr Carter.
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 759 of 1004.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 759 of 1004.
  • Richmond Cenotaph

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    Richmond Cenotaph
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    Close-up of Richmond Cenotaph
    Close-up of Richmond Cenotaph
  • Arras Flying Services Memorial

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    Arras Flying Services Memorial
    Arras Flying Services Memorial
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