{"id":15620,"date":"2022-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=15620"},"modified":"2022-05-09T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T09:33:08","slug":"behind-the-scenes-alan-carr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/2022\/05\/03\/behind-the-scenes-alan-carr\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the scenes: Alan Carr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BEHIND THE SCENES<\/span><\/h5>\n\n

WDYTYA? <\/em>genealogist Sara Khan reveals celebrity records<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Alan Carr<\/h2>\n\n

The comedian and presenter investigated the name change of his maternal great grandfather Henry Carter, who was also known as Edward Mercer. Alan discovered that his ancestor changed his name because he had deserted the British Army during the First World War<\/p>\n\n

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Series 8, Episode 6
First broadcast 14 September 2011<\/p>\n\n

Police Gazette<\/h4>\n\n
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Henry\u2019s desertion was published in the Police Gazette <\/em>in 1915. The Gazette <\/em>was launched as The Quarterly Pursuit <\/em>by chief magistrate John Fielding in 1772, and the commercial website the British Newspaper Archive has a number of editions that were published between 1773 and 1918. If you subscribe you can look for deserters in Police Gazettes <\/em>at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk\/titles\/police-gazette<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Army Record<\/h4>\n\n
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Henry\u2019s service record, which stated that he had deserted the Royal Field Artillery, was found online. All of the surviving service records from the First World War can be found on the commercial sites Findmypast (findmypast.co.uk<\/a>) and Ancestry (ancestry.co.uk<\/a>), the website we used. If you\u2019re a member then you can see it in the collection \u2018UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914\u20131920\u2019 at bit.ly\/anc-henry-carter<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

1911 Census<\/h4>\n\n
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The 1911 census of England and Wales showed Henry listed with his birth name and living with his future wife Annie Laing in Camberwell in London. Annie was listed as his \u201cboarder\u201d. All of the major commercial family history websites have the 1911 census including Ancestry, Findmypast and TheGenealogist (thegenealogist.co.uk<\/a>). If you subscribe to TheGenealogist you can see the record via tinyurl.com\/thegenealogist-henry-carter<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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