Commemorated:

1. Memorial:Lijssenthoek Military CemeteryII. D. 23.
2. Book:The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918Pg.120
3. Memorial:The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour27B GQS
    

Awards & Titles:

 

Leather Merchant.

Family :

Son of James and Priscilla Cranstone, of Canonbury, London; husband of Marie Catherine Cranstone, of Stamford Hill, London.

Service Life:

Campaigns:

Unit / Ship / Est.: 1/Gordon Highlanders 

1st Battalion August 1914 : in Plymouth. Part of 8th Brigade in 3rd Division. 14 August 1914 : landed at Boulogne. 12 September 1914 : left Division and moved to Army Troops, after taking heavy casualties at Le Cateau. Returned 30 September 1914. 19 October 1915 : transferred to 76th Brigade in same Division.

Action : France & Flanders 

France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.

Masonic :

TypeLodge Name and No.Province/District :
Mother : West Smithfield No. 1623 E.C.London

Initiated
Passed
Raised
18th January 1912
21st March 1912
16th May 1912
 

Source :

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