Cranmer Frederick Gunner 925953

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Personnel Entry

Gunner Frederick Cranmer.
Gunner Frederick Cranmer.

Name Cranmer Frederick
Army number 925953
Rank Gunner
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth
Age 28 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery. Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Served Singapore 1942. Captured by Japanese forces as a Prisoner of War. Died as a PoW.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Gunner.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known, other than the circumstances which led to his death.
Prisoner of War Yes. Captured Singapore 15/2/1942
Died/Killed in action 1/7/1943. Buried Grave 8.B.28. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
Home address Lived at Zion Street, 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.