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Private Ernest Albert TRANTER, 8135, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Forest Hill, London, Kent, enlisted 3rd October 1905, London, age 19, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 117lbs, resided 13 Engate Street, Avenue Road, Lewisham / 1 Jinkins Place, Chatham, Kent / 23 Skinner Street, Chatham, Kent. Formerly baker.

Older Brother - William Tranter, Royal West Kent Regiment. Younger Brother, George Tranter, Royal West Kent Regiment. Sister, Edith Camora, address unknown.

Husband of Flora Alice Tranter, (nee Tettersell, spinster), married 22nd November 1915, St Paul's, Chatham, Kent.

Home, 3rd October 1905 to 9th February 1906; Malta, 10th February 1906 to 27th December 1906; Home, 28th December 1906 to 30th October 1907; Singapore, 31st October 1907 to 27th November 1908; India, 28th November 1908 to 5th February 1914; Home, 6th February 1914 to 13th August 1914; BEF, 14th August 1914 to 14th October 1914; Home, 15th October 1914 to 30th April 1915; BEF, 1st May 1915 to 28th July 1916; Home, 29th July 1916 to 5th May 1917.

3rd October 1905, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th January 1906, posted Provisional Battalion; 10th February 1906, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st October 1907, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th December 1907, passed Class of Instruction in Swimming; 8th August 1908, appointed Lance Corporal; 19th October 1908, reverted to Private, own request; 26th July 1909, awarded 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 24th January 1912, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 1st February 1913, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 11th October 1913, awarded 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 7th February 1914, transferred to Army Reserve with his consent; 5th August 1914, mobilized; 6th August 1914, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th September 1914, In the Field, urinating in the Company lines, deprived of Lance stripe; 16th December 1914, Private, posted to 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th December 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 27th December 1914, Acting Corporal; 1st May 1915, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th July 1915, appointed Acting Sergeant; 3rd August 1915, In the Field, improper conduct in billet, reprimanded; 27th September 1915, promoted Sergeant; 15th January 1916, In the Field, improper conduct at Staff Parade, reprimanded; 13th July 1916, reverts to Private; 22nd July 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, left arm; 29th July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

5th May1917, discharged  as ""no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.