54700: Photograph of William Cranston taken on Easter Sunday, 1917

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posted on 2024-02-23, 18:08 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

Photo of men of the 13th Bn King's Regiment, taken at Arras 1917.

Editor's Comment:
Group photograph, soldiers standing around a captured German Maxim Machine Gun. Photograph marked: 'Official Photograph | Crown Copyright Reserved | Published by the Daily Mail'. Col. Cranston standing front far left.

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.

History

Identifier

4794.jpg| GWA_3338_1917.jpg|

Subject

Cranston, William James

Date

8th April 1917

Date Created

08/04/1917

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Peter Shipley | Mrs Fiona Shipley

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford