Alfred Carman was born on 16 July 1914, a son of Alfred Richard Carman (1884-1945) and Annie Carman née McGuinness (1884-1952). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1914 in the Bethnal Green Registration District, London. On 2 August 1914 he was baptised at St Thomas's Church, Baroness Road, Bethnal Green, where in the baptismal register his date of birth was confirmed, that his family were shown to be living at 27 Baxendale Street, Bethnal Green and that his father was a house decorator.
He was described as aged 6 years 11 months and in whole time education when his father completed his census return form on 19 June 1921. He was living at 27 Baxendale Road, Bethnal Green, with his parents and two of his siblings: Mabel Ann Carman (1917-2016) and Sidney Carman (1921-1940). His father described himself as a house decorator employed by a Mr Gould, an estate agent at 83 Gibraltar Walk, London, E2.
On 29 September 1939 when the England and Wales Register was compiled, he was shown as a single male, whose date of birth was 16 July 1914 and an upholsterer who was living at 7 Hassard Street, London, N5, with his parents and two of his siblings: Mabel Ann Carman - a tailoring presser and Sidney Carman - an insurance clerk. His father was described as a house decorator.
He married Rosina Halfnight (1915-1940) in the 4th quarter of 1939 in the Bethnal Green Registration District and they lived at 5 Elwin Street, Bethnal Green.
He was injured when a bomb was dropped on the Columbia Market air raid shelter on the night of 7th/8th September 1940 and he died on 10 September 1940 at St Leonard's Hospital, Nuttall Street, Shoreditch. His death was registered as aged 26 years in the 3rd quarter of 1940 in the Shoreditch Registration District, London.
His body was in the City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Southern Grove, London, E3 4PX, together with his wife who was also killed by the same bomb. His brother, Sidney Carman, also died in the same incident.
He is shown as 'Alfred Carman aged 26 years' on the Columbia Market air raid shelter memorial in the Rose Garden, Old Market Square, Ravenscroft Park, London, E2.
He is also commemorated on the , on the , which shows him incorrectly dying on 7 September 1940 and in that is kept just outside the entrance to St George's Chapel at the west end of Westminster Abbey.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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