"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, 20 Aug 1940)
Sub-Lieutenant (A) Carpenter was one of these 'few': one of the 2, 936 Commonwealth and Allied pilots who served during the early days of the Second World War in the summer and autumn of 1940; 544 of these young airmen lost their lives participating in 'The Battle Of Britain', answering the call of duty to protect the United Kingdom.
BIRTH-1919 June Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Carpenter, Jack C---Mother's Maiden Name: Simmons
District: Battle (Vol & Page: 2b & 52)
--Jack was born on March 6th 1919 in Bexhill, Sussex, England, the son of Major Frederick Noel Carpenter (18851-1955) and Ida May (née Simmons) Carpenter (1888-1963) of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales [his parents married in 1908 in Essex]. He was the grandson of Rev. Herbert Carpenter (1854-1929) and Elizabeth Jane Harrison (1856-1907). He had had eight brothers and sisters.
--His family immigrated to Canada on May 22nd 1919 when Jack was only two months old.
--A student at Upper Canada College, he joined the College Cadet Corps. In 1938 he became Cadet Captain and in June the family moved back to the United Kingdom where he joined the Greenwich Naval College. He was six months too old to join as a normal entry as a midshipman; he enlisted in the Air Branch of the Royal Navy on July 1st 1939.
He join the war of the June 15th 1940, in response to Churchill's plea for pilots.
--On September 8th 1940, he was shot down near Bearsted, Kent, England. He did bail out of his plane, but fell dead.
--His body was recovered and returned to his family and on September 16th 1940, Sub Lieutenant (A) Jack Conway Carpenter was buried at Sea, off of Borthwen Beach.
Military Service-
Rank: Sub Lieutenant (A)
Age: 21
Service: Royal Navy
Unit: H.M.S. 'Daedalus'
Secondary Unit: Royal Air Force, 46 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: "We rise to conquer"]
Sub-Lieutenant Jack Conway Carpenter is commemorated on Page 614 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Sub-Lieutenant (A) Carpenter was one of these 'few': one of the 2, 936 Commonwealth and Allied pilots who served during the early days of the Second World War in the summer and autumn of 1940; 544 of these young airmen lost their lives participating in 'The Battle Of Britain', answering the call of duty to protect the United Kingdom.
BIRTH-1919 June Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Carpenter, Jack C---Mother's Maiden Name: Simmons
District: Battle (Vol & Page: 2b & 52)
--Jack was born on March 6th 1919 in Bexhill, Sussex, England, the son of Major Frederick Noel Carpenter (18851-1955) and Ida May (née Simmons) Carpenter (1888-1963) of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales [his parents married in 1908 in Essex]. He was the grandson of Rev. Herbert Carpenter (1854-1929) and Elizabeth Jane Harrison (1856-1907). He had had eight brothers and sisters.
--His family immigrated to Canada on May 22nd 1919 when Jack was only two months old.
--A student at Upper Canada College, he joined the College Cadet Corps. In 1938 he became Cadet Captain and in June the family moved back to the United Kingdom where he joined the Greenwich Naval College. He was six months too old to join as a normal entry as a midshipman; he enlisted in the Air Branch of the Royal Navy on July 1st 1939.
He join the war of the June 15th 1940, in response to Churchill's plea for pilots.
--On September 8th 1940, he was shot down near Bearsted, Kent, England. He did bail out of his plane, but fell dead.
--His body was recovered and returned to his family and on September 16th 1940, Sub Lieutenant (A) Jack Conway Carpenter was buried at Sea, off of Borthwen Beach.
Military Service-
Rank: Sub Lieutenant (A)
Age: 21
Service: Royal Navy
Unit: H.M.S. 'Daedalus'
Secondary Unit: Royal Air Force, 46 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: "We rise to conquer"]
Sub-Lieutenant Jack Conway Carpenter is commemorated on Page 614 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, 20 Aug 1940)
Sub-Lieutenant (A) Carpenter was one of these 'few': one of the 2, 936 Commonwealth and Allied pilots who served during the early days of the Second World War in the summer and autumn of 1940; 544 of these young airmen lost their lives participating in 'The Battle Of Britain', answering the call of duty to protect the United Kingdom.
BIRTH-1919 June Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Carpenter, Jack C---Mother's Maiden Name: Simmons
District: Battle (Vol & Page: 2b & 52)
--Jack was born on March 6th 1919 in Bexhill, Sussex, England, the son of Major Frederick Noel Carpenter (18851-1955) and Ida May (née Simmons) Carpenter (1888-1963) of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales [his parents married in 1908 in Essex]. He was the grandson of Rev. Herbert Carpenter (1854-1929) and Elizabeth Jane Harrison (1856-1907). He had had eight brothers and sisters.
--His family immigrated to Canada on May 22nd 1919 when Jack was only two months old.
--A student at Upper Canada College, he joined the College Cadet Corps. In 1938 he became Cadet Captain and in June the family moved back to the United Kingdom where he joined the Greenwich Naval College. He was six months too old to join as a normal entry as a midshipman; he enlisted in the Air Branch of the Royal Navy on July 1st 1939.
He join the war of the June 15th 1940, in response to Churchill's plea for pilots.
--On September 8th 1940, he was shot down near Bearsted, Kent, England. He did bail out of his plane, but fell dead.
--His body was recovered and returned to his family and on September 16th 1940, Sub Lieutenant (A) Jack Conway Carpenter was buried at Sea, off of Borthwen Beach.
Military Service-
Rank: Sub Lieutenant (A)
Age: 21
Service: Royal Navy
Unit: H.M.S. 'Daedalus'
Secondary Unit: Royal Air Force, 46 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: "We rise to conquer"]
Sub-Lieutenant Jack Conway Carpenter is commemorated on Page 614 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Sub-Lieutenant (A) Carpenter was one of these 'few': one of the 2, 936 Commonwealth and Allied pilots who served during the early days of the Second World War in the summer and autumn of 1940; 544 of these young airmen lost their lives participating in 'The Battle Of Britain', answering the call of duty to protect the United Kingdom.
BIRTH-1919 June Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Carpenter, Jack C---Mother's Maiden Name: Simmons
District: Battle (Vol & Page: 2b & 52)
--Jack was born on March 6th 1919 in Bexhill, Sussex, England, the son of Major Frederick Noel Carpenter (18851-1955) and Ida May (née Simmons) Carpenter (1888-1963) of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales [his parents married in 1908 in Essex]. He was the grandson of Rev. Herbert Carpenter (1854-1929) and Elizabeth Jane Harrison (1856-1907). He had had eight brothers and sisters.
--His family immigrated to Canada on May 22nd 1919 when Jack was only two months old.
--A student at Upper Canada College, he joined the College Cadet Corps. In 1938 he became Cadet Captain and in June the family moved back to the United Kingdom where he joined the Greenwich Naval College. He was six months too old to join as a normal entry as a midshipman; he enlisted in the Air Branch of the Royal Navy on July 1st 1939.
He join the war of the June 15th 1940, in response to Churchill's plea for pilots.
--On September 8th 1940, he was shot down near Bearsted, Kent, England. He did bail out of his plane, but fell dead.
--His body was recovered and returned to his family and on September 16th 1940, Sub Lieutenant (A) Jack Conway Carpenter was buried at Sea, off of Borthwen Beach.
Military Service-
Rank: Sub Lieutenant (A)
Age: 21
Service: Royal Navy
Unit: H.M.S. 'Daedalus'
Secondary Unit: Royal Air Force, 46 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: "We rise to conquer"]
Sub-Lieutenant Jack Conway Carpenter is commemorated on Page 614 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Inscription
1940
ROYAL NAVY
SUB LIEUTENANT (A)
CARPENTER J. C.
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