Account of Cavalry Action, France, 1914

Item

Title

Account of Cavalry Action, France, 1914

Identifier

9157.cpd

Creator

Croanston, William James

Abstract

An account by W J Cranston of a cavalry action in France in August 1914 (from the Royal Scots Greys' Association Report, 1947).

Editor's Comment:
Second Lieutenant (acting Lieutenant Colonel) William James Cranston DSO, Royal Scots Fusiliers and Staff, served additionally in the North Staffordshire Regiment and commanded the 13th Bn. King's Liverpool Regiment and 3rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps.

Date

26th August 1914

Date Created

1914-08-26

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Type

Publication

number of pages

2

Contributor

Richard Marshall
Peter Shipley
Mrs Fiona Shipley

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford