Despatches of William Cranston

Item

Title

Despatches of William Cranston

Identifier

9159.cpd

Subject

Cranston, William James

Abstract

A collection of the 'Mentions in Despatches' of William Cranston 1914-18.

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

1914 - 1919

Date Created

1914-10-08

Temporal Coverage

1919-03-16

Source

Multiple

Medium

Card

Type

Official document

number of pages

5

Contributor

Richard Marshall
Peter Shipley
Mrs Fiona Shipley

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford