Sergeant 312 Alfred Tranter

Sergeant 312 Alfred Tranter, 14^th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Killed in action in the Somme Offensive on 21^st Jul 1916, aged 25

• Named on the Thiepval Memorial
• Awarded: 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Alfred and Martha Susannah Tranter
• NNWFHS Memorials: Coleshill, Coleshill Grammar School

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC page for Sgt Tranter
• Thiepval Memorial
• NNWFHS Coleshill War Memorial Page
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Census and Family Information

• Born Jan 1891 in Coleshill
• Living at the Railway Hotel, Forge Mill Lane, Coleshill [1901 census]
• In 1911 he was an articled clerk, aged 20
• His father was a miller and a publican
• His family moved to Martin Hassington in Worcestershire