Crane. Albert

He was born in Hoyland Common, and enlisted at Birdwell on the 7th September 1914, he joined the Expeditionary Force France on the 27th August 1915.

He was killed in action on the 13th September, 1916, while serving on the Western Front.

Memorial Plaque, St Peter's Church, Tankersley

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Plaque  reads,

For God and Country
Their Name Liveth for Evermore

In proud and
greateful memory of the gallant
men of Tankersley who fell in
The Great War 1914 - 19

"But the men were very good
unto us, and we were not hurt,
they were a wall unto us
both by night and day" 

Picture by George Horner

 

 

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Albert Crane's name,

Thiepval Memorial,

Thiepval, Somme, France. 

Picture by June & Peter  Marsden

 

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