Tanner E E Pte 2980 1st Coldstream Guards
TANNER, ERNEST EDWIN, Private, No 2980, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of John Tanner, of Cheltenham, Labourer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of John Wheeler; b. Cheltenham, co. Gloucester, 16 Sept. 1877; educ. Devonshire Street School there; was Labourer at Kynock’s Ammunition Works, Birmingham; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 2 Oct. 1899; served in the South African War 7 Nov. 1901, to 4 Oct. 1902 (medal with three clasps, “Cape Colony,” “S.A. 1901,” “S.A. 1902”), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 7 Oct. to 12 Nov. 1914, and died a prisoner of war in No. 3 German Field Hospital, 15th German Army Corps, Hallin, of wounds received in action. Buried at Hallin. He m. at Emmanuel Church, Bristol, 3 Aug. 1907, Lillie (10, Willway Street, St. Phillip’s, Bristol), 3rd dau. of Thomas Slocombe, of Bristol, and had one son, Arthur Thomas John, b. 23 June, 1908
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1