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Capt Oswald Armitage Carver, RE

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Marple, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: June 07, 1915 (28)
Gallipoli Peninsula, Pazarlı Köyü, Gelibolu, Çanakkale, Turkey (Killed in Battle)
Place of Burial: Gallipoli, Turkey
Immediate Family:

Son of William Oswald Carver and Kate Armitage Carver
Husband of Elizabeth (Betty) Hobart
Father of John Carver and Private
Brother of 2nd Lieut. Basil Armitage Carver; Alan Carver and Alison Lennox Sheppard

Occupation: Soldier Captain RE
Managed by: Yigal Burstein
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About Capt. Oswald Armitage Carver

Oswald Carver

Oswald Armitage Carver (February 2, 1887 – June 7, 1915) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He died of injuries during the First World War.

Carver was born at Marple the son of William Oswald Carver and his wife, Kate Bentley. His father was a cotton goods merchant who had been successful enough to buy Cranage Hall, near Holmes Chapel. Carver was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1908. The Cambridge crew made up a boat in the eights which won the bronze medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Carver was a director of the family company which owned Hollins Mill at Marple and had offices and warehouses in central Manchester's "cotton district". Carver was very active in the Scout movement which he introduced to Marple.

During World War I, Carver served with 1/2nd East Lancashire Field Company Royal Engineers. His initial application to serve overseas with the Company was rejected by an army medical board at Bury on 3 September 1914 because he was suffering from deafness. However his hearing was checked again a month later and by 31 December, he had been promoted to Captain responsible for one of the Company's four Sections. At the beginning of May 1915, the troops left Egypt to go into action at Gallipoli. On 4 June in the Third Battle of Krithia, the Engineers were to follow Territorial Battalions of the Manchester Regiment in an infantry attack on the Turkish positions. Their role was to dig communication trenches back to the original British line and build strongpoints to be used in case of counter attack. Carver was wounded in the back and evacuated down to 11th Casualty Clearing Station on the landing beach . He died three days later.

Carver married Elizabeth Hobart, daughter of Robert Thompson Hobart of Tunbridge Wells in 1911. They had children John Hobart Carver, father of Martin Carver and Richard Oswald Hobart Carver. The family lived at The Hollies in Marple. In 1927 Carver's widow married Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery

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  • Rank: Captain
  • Date of Death: 07/06/1915
  • Age: 28
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers 1st/2nd (East Lancs)
  • Grave Reference: A. 7.
  • Cemetery: LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY
  • Additional Information: Son of Oswald William and Kate Carver, of Holmes Chapel, Cheshire; husband of E. A. N. Carver, of West Runton House, West Runton, Norfolk.

Oswald Armitage Carver (2 February 1887 – 7 June 1915) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He died of injuries during the First World War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Carver

http://www.stockport1914-1918.co.uk/soldier.php?name_id=483

Oswald Carver From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Olympic medal record Men's Rowing Bronze 1908 London eights Oswald Armitage Carver (2 February 1887 – 7 June 1915) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He died of injuries during the First World War. Carver was born at Marple the son of William Oswald Carver and his wife, Kate Bentley. His father was a cotton goods merchant who had been successful enough to buy Cranage Hall, near Holmes Chapel.[1] Carver was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1908. The Cambridge crew made up a boat in the eights which won the bronze medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2] Carver was a director of the family company which owned Hollins Mill at Marple and had offices and warehouses in central Manchester's "cotton district". Carver was very active in the Scout movement which he introduced to Marple.[1] During World War I, Carver served with 1/2nd East Lancashire Field Company Royal Engineers. His initial application to serve overseas with the Company was rejected by an army medical board at Bury on 3 September 1914 because he was suffering from deafness. However his hearing was checked again a month later and by 31 December, he had been promoted to Captain responsible for one of the Company's four Sections. At the beginning of May 1915, the troops left Egypt to go into action at Gallipoli.On 4 June in the Third Battle of Krithia, the Engineers were to follow Territorial Battalions of the Manchester Regiment in an infantry attack on the Turkish positions. Their role was to dig communication trenches back to the original British line and build strongpoints to be used in case of counter attack. Carver was wounded in the back and evacuated down to 11th Casualty Clearing Station on the landing beach . He died three days later.[1] Carver married Elizabeth Hobart, daughter of Robert Thompson Hobart of Tunbridge Wells in 1911. They had children John Hobart Carver, father of Martin Carver and Richard Oswald Hobart Carver.[3] The family lived at The Hollies in Marple. In 1927 Carver's widow married Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.[4] [edit]See also

List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews [edit]References

^ a b c More than a Name - Owald Armitage Carver ^ Sports Reference Olympic Sports - Oswald Carver ^ Times Obituaries 26 July 2007 Colonel Richard Carver ^ the Peerage.com

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Capt. Oswald Armitage Carver's Timeline

1887
February 2, 1887
Marple, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
1915
June 7, 1915
Age 28
Gallipoli Peninsula, Pazarlı Köyü, Gelibolu, Çanakkale, Turkey
June 1915
Age 28
Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
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