Alec Carrie was born on 2 March 1895, the son of George Carrie and Helen Kempt Carrie of Wallington, Surrey. He joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet at HMS BRITANNIA on 15 January 1908 and, by December 1914, he was serving in the Battleship HMS BELLEROPHON.

His date of joining submarines is not established but, in February 1916, he was appointed to HMS C10 as First Lieutenant. This was followed by an appointment as First Lieutenant of E44 in September 1916. He was promoted Acting Lieutenant on 15 November 1916 and, on 13 December 1917, he was appointed to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS THAMES at Portsmouth ‘for the Periscope Course’.

His first Command came in January 1918, when he was appointed to HMS C21. This was followed by commands of HMS E29 and L5, the latter of which he took to Hong Kong in October 1920. He returned home with an appointment to the Battle Cruiser HMS HOOD in July 1922.

He was appointed to HMS DOLPHIN for HMS M1 in Command to date November 1924. M1 was lost with all hands on 12 November 1925, when the submarine was in collision with the Merchant Vessel SS VIDAR off Portland.

He was married to Cecily Carrie (née Lait), who lived at Lee on Solent, and he is commemorated on the Family Gravestone in the Eastern Cemetery at Highgate in London.