ChrisC Posted 7 May , 2008 Share Posted 7 May , 2008 Hi All I recently took a photo in a cemetery which had the following inscription. "In Loving memory of a dear wife & mother Alice Carrette who passed away August 25th 1943 aged 68 years. Also of Walter her dearly loved son Killed in Action, France 1918 Aged 19 years." I have looked up Carrette and can only find an Albert Ernest killed in 1916. Any ideas? Chris C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem Posted 7 May , 2008 Share Posted 7 May , 2008 Hi Chris This man may be a possibility: CARRETT, WALTER FREDERICK Initials: W F Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Rifleman Regiment/Service: Rifle Brigade Unit Text: 9th Bn. Date of Death: 23/03/1918 Service No: S/34706 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 81 to 84. Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted 7 May , 2008 Author Share Posted 7 May , 2008 Aha! They left the "e" off. Many thanks, you are almost certainly right. If this is an error, how will the CWGC correct it? Chris C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Clark Posted 7 May , 2008 Share Posted 7 May , 2008 Give Terry Denham a P.M and he will no doubt be able to sort it for you. You will need to provide reasonable proof of the correct spelling though ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 7 May , 2008 Share Posted 7 May , 2008 But beware! CARRETTE is probably the incorrect spelling - I found this record of a birth registration on FrreBMD: Jim EDIT: and this appears to be him on the 1901 census index: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted 7 May , 2008 Author Share Posted 7 May , 2008 Thank you, Jim. Looks like it's down to the monumental mason's error! Chris C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 7 May , 2008 Share Posted 7 May , 2008 Not necessarily the monumental mason to blame, Chris - the GRO deaths index has a record of an Alice E CARRETTE dying in Bedford in the Sept 1943 quarter. Down to whoever notified the registrar, I'd say. Perhaps someone in the family had decided that the extra 'E' looked posher? Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 7 May , 2008 Share Posted 7 May , 2008 Perhaps someone in the family had decided that the extra 'E' looked posher? Or just that different branches of the same family spelt it differently. Or how, say, census recorders interpreted a pronounication. There are two chaps on the Stockport War Memorial who, almost certainly, are brothers. Their surnames are spelt differently and further variations arise in various records: McCumsky McCumeskey McCamskey McCumasky McCummasky I came across a guy researching this family's history. He tells me many other variations exist through the decades. It is, really, only when literacy became widespread that a standardised spelling seems to be settled on - roughly from when our chaps reached adulthood, got married and had children. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 7 May , 2008 Share Posted 7 May , 2008 True, John, could be that simple. I think I must have watched too many episodes of 'Keeping Up Appearances' and Hyacinth Bucket. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 12 May , 2008 Share Posted 12 May , 2008 Chris, Carrett in the medal rolls also. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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