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Joe Carr (English footballer)

Joe Carr (English footballer)

English footballer

Joseph Carr (Q1 1919 – 31 May 1940) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Sheffield United.[1]

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Personal life

On 16 October 1939, a month and a half after the outbreak of the Second World War, Carr attested in the British Army under the Militia Act.[4] Serving as a gunner in the Royal Artillery, he was killed during the Battle of Dunkirk on 31 May 1940.[2][5] He is buried at the Oostduinkerke War Cemetery.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Joe Carr at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    "Casualty Details: Joseph Carr". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Sheffield United. Likeliest side for promotion in Division II". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vii – via Newspapers.com.
  4. [4]
    "Footballer Killed in Action". Midland Daily Telegraph. 7 June 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 11 October 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  5. [5]
    Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4.
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