NamePeter De Carteret, 3232
Birth DateMar 26, 1886
Birth PlaceVale Guernsey
Death DateSep 1916 Age: 30
Death PlaceKIA Delville Bois, Ginchy, France
Death MemoRoyal Irish Reg France
Education1891 Vale School Guernsey
ReligionCof E
*New [MIL]Joined RGLI ,Royal Irish
*New [OCCU] notes for Peter De Carteret
1901 Blacksmith app, 1911 Golf Club Links , worker
Notes for Peter De Carteret
He was a fine Golfer prior to war and a member of the Guernsey Militia .Killed in Action by a shell in France .in 1916
He was the first man in the Royal Guernsey Militia to volunteer for service in the RGLI
though he was in the Guernsey Comp of the Royal Irish Regiment a cousin of his was also killed in the same day Harry de Carteret son of Thomas Peter in the same
battle
DE CARTERET, Peter
Unit: Royal Irish Regiment
Rank: Private
Number: 3188
Year: 1916
Volume: I.77
Page: 23
Record source:
GRO War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 to1921)
6th Royal Irish Regiment
Attestation By Cpl Richards ( RGLI) ? Officer 2nd Lt E Cowley G&A Recruiting Dist 9/2/15
Previous Occupation Labour
Previous service with Royal Guernsey Militia
Sent with intake to Fermoy arrival 5/3/15 Ex Force France 17 Dec 1915
listed missing assumed dead 3 /Sept 1916