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Photograph of William Cranston taken on Easter Sunday, 1917

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SubjectCranston, William James
TitlePhotograph of William Cranston taken on Easter Sunday, 1917
NotesPhoto 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 Date8th April 1917
Creation placeArras
File typeImage
Item sourcePhotograph
Item mediumPhotographic paper
ContentPhotograph
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_3338_1917.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NamePeter Shipley
Contributed on the behalf ofMrs Fiona Shipley
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4787