Private Ernest Robert Cranmer

Army Number: 306870 formerly 5147

Battalion: 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Tiptree, Essex and lived in Kelvedon, Essex. Son of William and Mary Anna Cranmer, of 10 Rowley Lane, Kelvedon. He was a coal merchant’s driver prior to enlisting at Chelmsford, Essex. He died of wounds, 13th April 1917, at No. 36 Casualty Clearing Station, Cayeux.

Buried: Cayeux Military Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 8.

Private Ernest Robert Cranmer is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Nicholas Church War Memorial, Kelvedon, Essex.