Carr,+J


 * Corporal Jack Carr.** Border Regiment, 1st (Airborne) Bn. Service No: 4397327.



1922: Birth, registered in the third quarter of the year at Keighley. Parents Walter and Margaret Elizabeth Carr. Margaret's maiden name was Jeffries. 1940: Joined the Army (no precise date) served in Sicily and Italy. 1944: Marriage, registered in Wensleydale in the first quarter of the year to Catherine Peggy Seymour of Leyburn. He took part in the Operation Market Garden landings at Arnhem between 17th and 26th September. Killed in action on 25th September. Reported missing in newspapers on 21st October. Reported killed in action in newspapers on 25th November. Buried in Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Plot 17, row A, grave 15. Remembered on the Keighley WW2 memorial panel in Keighley Library. Remembered on Groesbeek Memorial, Netherland, Panel 4, until 2016 when his remains were positively identified and a headstone installed and dedicated in a ceremony on 14th September 2016.

It's possible he had a brother Norman, birth registered in Keighley in the second quarter of 1927, mother's maiden name: Jeffries. It's possible he had a sister Freda, birth registered in Keighley in the first quarter of 1934, mothers maiden name: Jeffreys. Their names appear at 43, Edensor Road, Norman in 1948 (age 21)and both in 1957 (Norman 30, Freda 23), with parents Walter and Maggie E. Carr.

WAR HONOURS OF THE WEEK LOCAL MEN WHO WERE AT ARNHEM News has been received that Corporal Jack Carr, serving with the First Airborne Division at Arnhem is missing. Aged 22, he took part in the landings of Sicily and Italy, and has been in the Army four years. Before joining up Corporal Carr was employed by the Keighley Co-operative Society, at their bakery department. His parents reside at 43, Edensor Road, Keighley, and his wife is serving in the W.A.A.F.
 * The Keighley News 21 October 1944:**

MEN WHO WERE AT ARNHEM OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THEIR FATE Corporal Jack Carr, serving in the Border regiment, who was first reported missing with the First Airborne Division at Arnhem, is now reported to have been killed in action. He was 22, and had taken part in the landings at Sicily and Italy. He had been in the Army four years and formerly worked at the Keighley Co-operative Society bakery department. Corporal Carr's parents live at 43, Edensor Road, Keighley and his widow is serving in the W.A.A.F.
 * The Keighley News 25 November 1944:**