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|Rank=War Substantive Corporal
 
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers.  Attested 20/10/1938.  (Enlistment Books not available).  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI. Served Iceland? Served Normandy.  Wounded. Transferred to the Green Howards  (Green Howards Enlistment Book Missing).  Discharged Under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 28/6/1945.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers.  Attested 20/10/1938.  (Enlistment Books not available).  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI. Served Normandy?  Transferred to the Green Howards  (Green Howards Enlistment Book Missing).  Discharged Under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 28/6/1945.
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|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=
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|Date of birth=Birth registered July 1921 in Sunderland.  Mother's maiden surname Brown.
|Age=(At time of death).
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|Age=85 at the time of his death.
 
|Company/Battery=Not known.
 
|Company/Battery=Not known.
 
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not known.
 
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|Joined Brigade=Not known.
 
|Joined Brigade=Not known.
 
|Promotions=None known.
 
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
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|Wounded=Yes - in 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=
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|Died/Killed in action=Death registered January 2006 at Newcastle upon Tyne.
|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
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|Home address=Married Mary Colquhoun in Sunderland, Q2 1942.
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Personnel Entry

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Name Crann H.(?)
Army number 2057050
Rank War Substantive Corporal
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Birth registered July 1921 in Sunderland. Mother's maiden surname Brown.
Age 85 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Engineers. Attested 20/10/1938. (Enlistment Books not available). Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Wounded. Transferred to the Green Howards (Green Howards Enlistment Book Missing). Discharged Under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 28/6/1945.
Company/Battery Not known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not known.
Task or role Possibly Rifle Section Commander.
Joined Brigade Not known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - in Normandy - date not recorded.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Death registered January 2006 at Newcastle upon Tyne.
Home address Married Mary Colquhoun in Sunderland, Q2 1942.
Source table 10DLI