Telegrams and official letters re. Charles W. Carr - missing presumed dead during the Battle of Paschendale (3)

These telegrams and other official communications were sent to the family of Charles W. Carr when it was believed he was missing - presumed killed, and then when it was discovered he was in fact alive, but seriously wounded.

Charles Carr's son, Tony, has researched the battle in which his father was seriously wounded.

Sergeant Charles W. Carr, with D Company of the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, attacked Pond Farm on 22 August 1917. They captured this heavily fortified German position - manned by 50 picked machine gunners and 5 guns - "but my father did not make it!" In fact the official history of the regiment records that two 2nd Lieuts. and 16 other ranks were killed (the officer commanding D Company Capt. S. Tubbs had been killed earlier that day), and another 2nd Lieut. "and 51 other ranks were wounded and one other missing" - the one missing was probably Tony Carr's father. The story passed down is that Charles witnessed his friends being killed next to him as they charged Pond Farm, and he was machine gunned in the legs. He was lain down in a shell hole with another British soldier and some Germans (wounded and/or prisoners). Charles' mate Sidney Brunt passed by and shouted that he would go and get some medics for Charlie and his comrade. In the meantime some other medics arrived and removed Charlie. Before Sidney and the stretcher-bearers returned another bomb landed in the shellhole and blew where Charlie had lain to smithereens. When Sidney did return he assumed his friend had been killed. When it was possible he sent a telegram to Charles' family explaining some of this, and the family did not receive word from Charles himself until the 27th August.

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.

当查尔斯·W·卡尔（Charles W. Carr）被认定失踪、推定阵亡时，以及后续发现他实际存活但身负重伤时，相关电报与官方文书均被寄送至其家属手中。

查尔斯·W·卡尔之子托尼（Tony）曾就其父身负重伤的那场战役展开研究。

隶属于格洛斯特郡团第2/5营D连的中士查尔斯·W·卡尔，于1917年8月22日对池塘农场（Pond Farm）发起进攻。他们攻占了这座由50名精锐机枪手与5门火炮驻守的德军坚固阵地——“但我父亲没能挺过来！” 实际上，该团的官方战史记载，2名少尉与16名其他军衔士兵阵亡（D连指挥官S·塔布斯上尉当日早些时候已阵亡），另有1名少尉与51名其他军衔士兵负伤、1人失踪——这名失踪者大概率便是托尼·卡尔的父亲。家族中流传的故事称，查尔斯在随队冲锋攻占池塘农场时，亲眼目睹身旁的战友相继阵亡，自己的双腿也被机枪击中。他与另一名英军士兵以及数名德军（负伤人员或战俘）一同被安置在弹坑中。查尔斯的同伴西德尼·布伦特（Sidney Brunt）路过时喊话，表示会去为查理和他的战友找来医护人员。在此期间，另有医护人员抵达并将查理转移走。就在西德尼与担架兵返回之前，又一枚炸弹落在弹坑处，将查理原本躺卧的位置炸得粉碎。西德尼返回后误以为好友已经阵亡，之后在条件允许时，他向查尔斯的家属发去电报，告知了部分经过。查尔斯的家属直至8月27日才收到他本人的消息。

该藏品系隶属于格洛斯特郡团第2/5营的中士3091号（后改为240965号）查尔斯·伍德沃德·卡尔（Charles Woodward Carr）相关的大量照片与纪念物中的一部分，由其子女吉尔·波特女士与托尼·卡尔先生保存。