Crann H Corporal 2057050
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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