The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant E Ransley

Sergeant Ernest RANSLEY, G/18495, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th June 1917, age 23.

1889 March, Milton Registration District, Ben Ransley married Sarah Hadlow.

Son of Benjamin & Sarah Ann Ransley, of Chitney Cottages, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent.

1911 Census - Chitney Cottages, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent - Benjamin Ransley, head, age 59, married, farm labourer, worker, born Romley Marsh, Kent; Sarah Ransley, wife, age 42, married 22 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Milton, Kent; Thomas Hadlow, son, age 24, single, farm labourer, worker, born Iwade, Kent; Ernest Ransley, son, age 17, single, farm labourer, worker, born Iwade, Kent.

Enlisted Canterbury, Kent, age 21 years & 3 months, height 5ft 6 inches. Resided Willow Cottages, Iwade, near Sittingbourne, Kent.

Home 31st May 1915 to 20th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 7th June 1917.

Separation Allowance of 5/7 a week & 3/10 a week & allotment of Pay of 1/9 a week payable to mother.

31st May 1915, enlisted & posted 3//1 Battalion, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, Service No.2811; 11th January 1916, Canterbury, overstaying leave from noon til ????????, having a light on his his room after lights out, 5 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 1 days pay; 12th March 1916, posted 2//1 Battalion, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles; 21st September 1916, embarked; 22nd September 1916, Etaples, 38 Infantry Base Depot, France; 11th October 1916, transferred to 4th Battalion, Territorial Force (Reserve), Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1916, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 28th December 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal from 9th October 1916; 18th January 1917, promoted Sergeant.

20th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Benjamin Ransley, Chitney Marshes, Iwade; Mother, Sarah Ann Ransley, Chitney Marshes, Iwade; Brothers - Thomas Henry Ransley, age 31, Chitney Marshes, Iwade; Sisters - none.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium / Iwade Memorial.

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