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|Surname and forenames=Crann | |Surname and forenames=Crann Henry (Harry) | ||
|Army number=2057050 | |Army number=2057050 | ||
|Rank=Corporal. | |Rank=Corporal. | ||
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards - 1939-45 Medal, France and Germany Star, War Medal. Medals issued 1998. | ||
|Date of birth | |Date of birth:Born 8/7/1921. | ||
|Age | |Age at the time of his death. 84 years old. | ||
|Unit=. | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers - 20/10/1938. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry Served Normandy. Wounded. Returned to the UK. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940, Para 390 (xvi) 23/6/1945 as unfit for further military service. Demobilised. | ||
|Company/Battery=Not yet known. | |Company/Battery=Not yet known. | ||
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | ||
|Task or role= | |Task or role=Not known, but possibly a member of the Pioneer Platoon, given his former service. | ||
|Joined Brigade= | |Joined Brigade=Not yet known. | ||
|Promotions=None known. | |Promotions=None known beyond Corporal. | ||
|Wounded= | |Wounded=Yes - Normandy - date not recorded. | ||
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. | |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death | |Died/Killed in action=Date of death 4/1/2006 at Newcastle on Tyne aged 84. | ||
|Home address= ( | |Home address=Father - Thomas (1880 - 1959), mother Clara (1893 - 1976). Lived in Sunderland. Henry married in 1942 to Mary Colquhoun (1922 - 2018). | ||
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Personnel Entry
Name Crann Henry (Harry)
Army number 2057050
Rank Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards - 1939-45 Medal, France and Germany Star, War Medal. Medals issued 1998.
Date of birth
Age
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Engineers - 20/10/1938. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry Served Normandy. Wounded. Returned to the UK. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940, Para 390 (xvi) 23/6/1945 as unfit for further military service. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known, but possibly a member of the Pioneer Platoon, given his former service.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known beyond Corporal.
Wounded Yes - Normandy - date not recorded.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death 4/1/2006 at Newcastle on Tyne aged 84.
Home address Father - Thomas (1880 - 1959), mother Clara (1893 - 1976). Lived in Sunderland. Henry married in 1942 to Mary Colquhoun (1922 - 2018).
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