58755: William Cranston - 3rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps Journal

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posted on 2024-02-23, 23:00 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

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.

History

Identifier

Subject

Cranston, William James

Date

May 1919 | May 1919

Date Created

01/05/1919

Temporal Coverage

31/05/1919

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Type

Publication

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4

Number of Pages

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