Citation(s);
Military service
Burial/memorial information
On April 28, 1917, Lance Corporal Cranston was awarded the Military Medal for conspicious gallantry and coolness during the attack on Arleux-en-Gohelle, when the wave he was supporting was held up by fire from the enemy machine guns. He immediately organized his section and sent them to engage one of the guns. He successfully bombed the other gun, putting it out of action. With the assistance of his section, he took 20 prisoners, thus relieving what might have been a critical situation. British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Attestation Paper (front)
Sergeant Harry Cranston enlisted on August 10, 1915 at Brandon, Manitoba. -
Attestation Paper (back)
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Photo of Harry Cranston
From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919. -
Memorial Page
Harry Cranston is honoured on page 9 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003. -
Merrickville Remembers
This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War. -
Biography - page 1
Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate. -
Biography - page 2
Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CRABB TO CROSSLAND Microform Sequence 24; Volume Number 31829_B016733. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 168. Page 269 of 788. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harry Cranston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harry Cranston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harry Cranston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harry Cranston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harry Cranston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harry Cranston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harry Cranston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harry Cranston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harry Cranston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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