Photograph of William Cranston taken on Easter Sunday, 1917
| Title |
Photograph of William Cranston taken on Easter Sunday, 1917
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|---|---|
| Subject |
Cranston, William James
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| Notes |
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. |
| Item date |
8th April 1917
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| Creation place |
Arras
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_3338_1917.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Peter Shipley
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Mrs Fiona Shipley
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Collection
Citation
“Photograph of William Cranston taken on Easter Sunday, 1917,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4787.
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