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[[File:NEWCASTLE_CHRONICLE_18TH_MAY_1940.png|600px|left|thumb|Article from the Newcastle Chronicle.]]
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[[File:Sunderland_echo_6th_may_1940_.png|600px|right|thumb|Picture from The Sunderland Echo.]]

Revision as of 16:09, 11 September 2025

Personnel Entry

Gunner Alfred Cranmer
Gunner Alfred Cranmer

Name Cranmer Alfred
Army number 923089
Rank Gunner
Decorations
Date of birth 20/9/1908
Age
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 1/5/1939. Posted to the 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment. Served Singapore February 1942. Captured by Japanese forces. Recovered from Japanese PoW Camp. Repatriated to the UK.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Gunner.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes. Captured Singapore 15/2/1942.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address Covent Garden, Sunderland.
Source table


Article from the Newcastle Chronicle.
Picture from The Sunderland Echo.