CARBEN, Harry

Credit: CWGC

Private

Royal Army Medical Corps

Harry was born 1887 in Carisbrooke to Frank & Mary Jane CARBEN who were living in the Avenue, Totland Bay around the time of Harry's death, having moved from Whitcombe Road in Carisbrooke.

Harry died at the Taranto Military Hospital, where he was serving, in Italy from dysentery. He was buried in Section IV Row D Grave 1 of the Taranto Town Cemetery, Italy alongside 448 of his First World War comrades. Harry rests beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription: "PEACE PERFECT PEACE. WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY IN JESU'S KEEPING WE ARE SAFE AND THEY".

Harry is also remembered on the County & Totland War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.