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Sergeant

Harry Alexander Tranter

Service Number 266730
Military Unit 7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 21 Mar 1918 (31 Years Old)
Place of Birth Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies In 1911 he was a French polisher.
Family History

He was the son of Robert Luther and Caroline Furner Tranter and the brother of Harry and Mildred Tranter of 28 Crocus Street Meadows Nottingham.

Military History

Sergeant Harry Alexander Tranter, served with 7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire) Regiment (Robin Hood Rifles),He was killed in action on 21st March 1918 and his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.

Extra Information

Obituary published in the Nottingham Evening Post dated 21st March 1918 :- “TRANTER. – In loving memory of my dear son and our brother, Sergt. Harry A. Tranter, 7th Sherwood Foresters, who was killed on the battlefield March 21st, 1918, aged 31 years. Deeply mourned by his sorrowing mother, brothers, and sisters.” Above obituary courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918

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