Carson, Norman, Private, 18268, 2nd Bn, Cheshire Regiment
Born Tideswell, Derby
Enlisted Glossop, Derby
Killed in action France and Flanders 8th May 1915
Aged 34
Son of the late John Watts Carson and Jane Elizabeth Carson, of Tideswell, Buxton, Derbyshire; husband of Edith Maria Carson, of 23, New Road, Tintwistle, Cheshire
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

1911 Census:
Norman Carson was a 29 year old cotton weaver's overlooker, residing at 205, Woolley Bridge Road, Hadfield. He was the husband of Edith Maria Carson, aged 31, and the father of Henry (7), Ena (4) and William (2).

Norman Carson was born in 1881 (registration district Bakewell), the son of John Watts Carson and Edith Maria, formerly Mellor, who were married in 1864 (Bakewell)
He married Edith Maria Bennett in 1902 (Glossop registration district). They had 5 childen, believed to be: Henry Carson born 1904, Ena Carson born 1907, William Carson born 1908, Norman Carson born 1909 and died 1910 aged 1, Bertha Carson born 1910 and died 1911 aged 1.

Commemorated on the memorial at: Tintwistle.

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