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James Carty cap badgePrivate James Carty

2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
Service No: 10048

James Carty grave

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Personal details

Family Information

Eldest son of James Carty and Elizabeth Owens Carty from Irvine. From the 1901 Census - Address - 3 Howes St, Coatbridge - James Carty aged 46, Elizabeth Carty aged 35, Jane Carty aged 16, James Carty aged 12, John Carty aged 9, Mary Carty aged 4, Agnes Carty aged 4, Elizabeth Carty aged 2.

Born / Resided

Irvine / 3 Howes St, Coatbridge previously 37 Summerlee St, Coatbridge

Died

Killed in Action on the 01/11/1914 at the Battle of Messines

Enlisted

Glasgow originally Coatbridge 14/09/1906

Employed

Labourer / Tube Worker in the British Tube Works / Territorial.

Age

25 / DOB -1889

Buried / Remembered

Le Touret Memorial (Panel 15), Pas de Calais, France.

Cemetery / Memorial Information

The Le Touret Memorial commemorates over 13,400 British soldiers who were killed in this sector of the Western Front from the beginning of October 1914 to the eve of the Battle of Loos in late September 1915 and who have no known grave. Almost all of the men commemorated on the Memorial served with regular or territorial regiments from across the United Kingdom and were killed in actions that took place along a section of the front line that stretched from Estaires in the north to Grenay in the south. This part of the Western Front was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting of the first year of the war, including the battles of La Bassée (10 October - 2 November 1914), Neuve Chapelle (10 - 12 March 1915), Aubers Ridge (9 - 10 May 1915), and Festubert (15 - 25 May 1915). Soldiers serving with Indian and Canadian units who were killed in this sector in 1914 and 1915 whose remains were never identified are commemorated on the Neuve Chapelle and Vimy memorials, while those who fell during the northern pincer attack at the Battle of Aubers Ridge are commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.

Additional Information

James and the Battalion arrived at Le Havre on the 15/08/1914 and were part of the 13th Brigade, 5th Division. James originally joined the 4th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) on the 14/09/1906. His Service Number was 6016. James was Killed in Action at the Battle of Messines, 12th October - 2nd November 1914. The Battles of La Bassée, Armentières and Messines, 10th October - 2nd November 1914 : The whole British Expeditionary Force is moved to Flanders from the Aisne, as part of an effort to outflank the Germans in France. On arrival it encounters German forces moving to outflank the Allies. These battles form part of a phase often, but incorrectly, referred to as the "Race to the Sea". The battle extends northwards as further forces arrive, with the First Battle of Ypres and the Battle of the Yser taking place at the same time. SEE PHOTOS x 13 FOR THE BATTALION WAR DIARY 1st OCTOBER - 1st NOVEMBER 1914. James is listed as CARTLE on the Memorial. James is also remembered on the St. Augustine's (Cartie) and Stewarts and Lloyds Rolls of Honour (see photos). See photos for James' Medal Index Card, his CWGC Grave Registration, his name on the Le Touret Memorial Panel List, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, his name on the Le Touret Memorial, his listing in the De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, the King's Own Scottish Borderers Cap Badge, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Cap Badge and James' Attestation Papers with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1906 x 4. Finally, see photos for the Stewarts and Lloyds Roll of Honour plaque, James' name on the British Tube Works panel on the Stewarts and Lloyds Roll of Honour plaque x 2, a Newspaper clipping from the Coatbridge Express, PHOTOS x 60 FOR THE 5th DIVISION BOOK 5th AUGUST - 1st NOVEMBER and the 5th Division Order of Battle x 12 (the Division James was with when he died) and photos x 4 of a Poppy placed at James' name on the Le Touret Memorial by myself in July 2023. An article mentioning the 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers at Cuinchy in 1914 is available to read Here

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War Diaries

The battalion War Diary is available on the National Archives website.

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Comments
thank you for your help
john jaap, guernsey channel islands, 26/06/2020 10:13AM
James Carty, my grandfather's older brother, born in 1889 and lived in 3 Howes, (that's all the street address I have) son of James Carty and Elizabeth Owens from Irvine, The confusion of the surname comes from the fact that back in those days a lot of people couldn't read or write and surnames were spelled as they were pronounced
Gerry Carty, Coatbridge, 24/11/2018 8:16PM

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