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Panter, Walter Robert
1890 - 1916

Enlistment

  • Enlisted:
  • at Swansea on 03 Sep 1914. Aged 23y 210d
  • Description:
  • height 5ft 11in; weight 140 lbs; chest 38in; complexion Fresh; eyes Grey; hair Brown; religion Baptist; marks Operation scar below R shoulder blade; defects Teeth Bad.
  • Occupation:
  • Shunter
  • Next of kin:
  • (Father) Robert Panter, 30 Rushton Rd, Desborough

Service history

06 Sep 1914 Reserve Cavalry Regiment (26202)
07 Feb 1915Punished: Drunk in High St, Hythe about 8:30, awarded 7 days Confined to Barracks
02 Jun 1915Transferred to 3rd Battalion East Surrey Regiment (10163)
20 Jul 1915Transferred to 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment (10163)
20 Jul 1915Served with the B.E.F. 20 Jul 1915 - 23 Oct 1915
24 Oct 1915Served with the Med Expeditionary Force from 24 Oct 1915
16 Jan 1916Illness: Nasal Polypus. At Salomea
15 May 1916Illness: Reported dangerously ill. Malta
15 May 1916Died Brain Abscess Secondary to Empyema of frontal sinus

1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

List of personal effects
Telegram reporting dangerous illness


 

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