posted on 2024-02-23, 18:08authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
<p dir="ltr">Photo of men of the 13th Bn King's Regiment, taken at Arras 1917.</p>
<p><br>Editor's Comment:<br>
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. </p>
<p>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.</p>