John CARR (2)

'Clitheroe Times' (18 June 1915)

(Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman of Clitheroe and Dorothy Falshaw of Gisburn)

CHATBURN'S FIRST LOSS

PRIVATE CARR KILLED IN ACTION

Mr. and Mrs. John Carr, of Bridge End, Chatburn, have this morning received official information that their second son John was killed on June 12th while serving at the Dardanelles. He is about 18 years of age, and the first Chatburn lad to lose his life for his country. He was a private in the 4th East Lancashire (T.F.) Regiment and was a member of the Clitheroe company at the outbreak of war. Prior to going out to Egypt he was a platelayer on the L. and Y. railway.

'Clitheroe Times' (28 July 1916)

(Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman of Clitheroe and Dorothy Falshaw of Gisburn)

CHATBURN

MEMORIAL SERVICE - At Chatburn Parish Church last night a service was held to the memory of Private William Marsden, who died in India from the effects of heat on July 4th, four days before his 24th birthday. There was a large congregation which included in addition to the parents and relatives of the deceased soldier several members of the V.T.C., under command of Mr. G.E. Robinson, the Chatburn Scouts, under Scoutmaster G.I. Robinson, the 2nd Rossedale [sic] Scouts (Scoutmaster Chase), and the 1st Barnoldswick Scouts (Assistant Scoutmaster Leman). The Vicar (Dr. Pinchin) conducted the services, Mr. L. King-Wilkinson reading the lesson. The burial sentences were chanted by the choir, who also sang with much effect the beautiful anthem 'Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death' and the hymns 'Abide with me,' 'Lead Kindly Light' and 'On the Resurrection Morn' were sung. At the close of the service the Last Post was sounded followed by the Dead March and the National Anthem. During the course of his address Dr. Pinchin said that it was just over twelve months since they met in that church to do honour, all the honour they could, to Private John Carr. That night they met to do honour to Private Wm. Marsden, who as far as they could ascertain had died in India just four days before his 24th birthday. He was a lad who could not stand the heat and one could picture what the voyage across the ocean had been to him. Private Wm. Marsden had had a short life, an early death. It was only a few weeks before, when he left home for the last time, that he knew full well that he was leaving for the front, but lest it should upset the members of his family he had not told them. Surely that proved his bravery, consideration and unselfishness. They had come to express there deep sympathy with the relatives who had lost their dear one. Many present, no doubt, would be anxious about their own dear lads and wondering whether they would return safely back to their homes. They had to thank God and the parents and also the lads for the great sacrifice they were making. They were risking their lives that they at home may live more securely. Jack Carr and Wm. Marsden died for them. When a permanent memorial of those who had served was placed in that church there would be a long list of names. There would be a separate list of those who had fallen in the righteous cause. God grant that those two names might be the only ones on that list, but he (the preacher) feared it would contain more.