Clarence Charles Archibald Carton
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SOLDIER DETAILS:
Carton,
Clarence Charles Archibald (photo
collection)
Private 4th CMR 769682
September 16, 1916
Vimy
Memorial, Vimy France
Eldest son (only 17) of John J. Carton of Nassagaweya (Milton ON)
Maple
Leaf Legacy Project |
Victoria Park Cenotaph
R. Laughton
Haltonville Cenotaph
R. Laughton
Vimy Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves
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Private Carton
is memorialized on the Victoria Park and Haltonville
Cenotaphs in Milton ON.
Private
Carton's name is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial in
France, along with 11,000 other Canadians with no known
grave.
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SOLDIER SUMMARY:
| Private Carton (enlisted underage) was the son of
May Carton of Milton, Ontario. From his Attestation Papers
we know he listed his profession as a farmer when he joined the
124th Battalion (Governor General's Body Guard) on January 4,
1916. From there he was transferred to the 74th Overseas
Battalion and then to the 4th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles,
which formed part of the 8th Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division.
Private Carton joined the action in France on June 14, 1916,
shortly after the decimation of the 4th
CMR at Mount Sorrel. From there the Canadians moved on
to the Somme. It was here that Carton was killed in action on
September 16, 1916 as the 3rd Division was attempting to take
the area of Fabeck Graben, SW of Courcelette (see Nicholson
Chapter VI, page 171):
"Before dark the 4th CMR on the extreme left, in spite
of heavy punishment from the German barrage and enfilade fire
from the Mouquet Farm, captured a further length of Fabeck
Graben and established two (trench) blocks to form a firm
flank".
Toronto Star October 1916
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The soldier pages contain information
that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks
are active where the information is available:
The summary of the service is taken from
the soldier's service records, if they were available from Library and
Archives Canada. A complete copy of the service record is
available in electronic and paper format in the Alex
Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society.
Using that summary, combined with the key references, a summary of the
events leading up to the death of the soldier has been prepared.
The research information available is as noted on the Canadian
Expeditionary Force Study Group web site Matrix
Project as well as in the Library and Archives Canada On-Line
War Diaries.
A summary of all the soldiers is
contained on the Web Blog "Great
War Soldiers of Milton, Ontario CANADA". Please also
be sure to purchase your own copy of "Milton
Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by
John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb. |
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