William Cranston - 3rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps Journal
Item
Title
William Cranston - 3rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps Journal
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Identifier
9162.cpd
Subject
Cranston, William James
Abstract
Articles from the magazine of the 3rd Bn Machine Gun Corps, issue no 1, May 1919. I have 100 pages of the originals of issues 1-6 with many descriptions of actions in the Great War and accounts of regimental life.
Editor's Comment:
'Honorary Editor, Lt.-Colonel W. J. Cranston. D.S.O.'. Cartoon portrait of Lt.-Col. Cranston facing prefatory material, with an article 'The Chronicles of the 3rd Bn. M.G.C. | No. 1 | Arras | March 21-28 1918'.
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.
Editor's Comment:
'Honorary Editor, Lt.-Colonel W. J. Cranston. D.S.O.'. Cartoon portrait of Lt.-Col. Cranston facing prefatory material, with an article 'The Chronicles of the 3rd Bn. M.G.C. | No. 1 | Arras | March 21-28 1918'.
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
May 1919
Date Created
1919-05-01
Temporal Coverage
1919-05-31
Source
Folio
Medium
Paper
Type
Publication
number of pages
4
Contributor
Richard Marshall
Peter Shipley
Mrs Fiona Shipley
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford