Difference between revisions of "Imrie Thomas G Cranston Pipe Major 2759585"

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|Rank=Pipe Major
 
|Rank=Pipe Major
 
|Decorations=M.i.D. London Gazette 22/3/1945.
 
|Decorations=M.i.D. London Gazette 22/3/1945.
|Age=0
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|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Unit=Black Watch, Posted 1 TS, Posted 51st Division, Scottish Command Young Pipers' School, Discharged KRs 1940 Para 390 (xxi)b 11/7/50.
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|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
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|Company/Battery=Not yet known - probably Battalion HQ.
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=Probably Band within Admin. Platoon.
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|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
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|Promotions=Lance Corporal in August 1942 - later promoted to Pipe Major.
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|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
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|Prisoner of War=No.
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|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Black Watch, date not known.  Posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk.  Posted to the No. 8 Infantry Training Centre, Perth.  Posted to the 51st Division.  Posted to the Scottish Command Young Pipers' SchoolDischarged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xxi)b 11/7/50.
 
|Task or role=Pipe Major Instructor
 
|Task or role=Pipe Major Instructor
|Home address=56, Croft Crescent, Markinch, Fife
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|Home address=56, Croft Crescent, Markinch, Fife.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Latest revision as of 15:51, 28 February 2023

Personnel Entry

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Name Imrie Thomas G Cranston
Army number 2759585
Rank Pipe Major
Decorations M.i.D. London Gazette 22/3/1945.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Black Watch, date not known. Posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Posted to the No. 8 Infantry Training Centre, Perth. Posted to the 51st Division. Posted to the Scottish Command Young Pipers' School. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xxi)b 11/7/50.
Company/Battery Not yet known - probably Battalion HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit Probably Band within Admin. Platoon.
Task or role Pipe Major Instructor
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions Lance Corporal in August 1942 - later promoted to Pipe Major.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 56, Croft Crescent, Markinch, Fife.
Source table 1TS