| Surname: | Cranston |
| Initials: | A |
| Rank: | Private |
| Army Number: | 918524 |
| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in the Royal Artillery, transferred to cMP. War Diary 16 Company Traffic Control, WO 171/3357. 4/8/1944, Somervieu, enemy aircraft dropped a bomb on unit location after being caught in a AA barrage. 4 other ranks killed, Brooks, Fincham, McGowan & Ward, 24 wounded mostly by blast. Casualty List 1526, wounded, North West Europe, 4/8/1944. |