CARTER, Isaiah

Isaiah Carter was born in Halesowen but lived at Blackheath in 1914. He volunteered for the Staffords and joined the Territorial 2/5th Battalion. They were sent to France in 1916 and early in the next year entered the front line. In following the retreat of the German forces to the Hindenburg Line in April, they captured the village of Jeancourt and were then halted at Le Verguier. Private Isaiah Carter was killed in action and is buried in Jeancourt Communal Cemetery (II C 8). He is commemorated on the Cradley and Halesowen Memorials.