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Credit is due to the British Newspaper Archive for the images included on this Page - researched by James Pasby.

Revision as of 16:11, 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.


Credit is due to the British Newspaper Archive for the images included on this Page - researched by James Pasby.