Harry George Crandon
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox military person Corporal Harry George Crandon VC (12 February 1874 – 2 January 1953) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Details
He was born in Wells, Somerset, on 12 February 1874.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At the age of 27 years, he was a private in the 18th Hussars (Queen Mary's Own), British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. Template:Quote
He later achieved the rank of corporal and served in World War I where he was wounded. He died in 1953 and was buried in Swinton Cemetery, Salford.
Crandon Court, Pendlebury
He is commemorated in the town where he was buried by a sheltered housing complex named in his honour. Crandon Court stands on North Dean Street, just off Bolton Road (A666), Pendlebury, about 2 miles from his resting place.
References
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000)
External links
- Location of grave and VC medal (Manchester)
- Angloboerwar.com
- Pages with broken file links
- 1874 births
- 1953 deaths
- Military personnel from Somerset
- 18th Royal Hussars soldiers
- Second Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross
- British recipients of the Victoria Cross
- People from Wells, Somerset
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Burials in Greater Manchester