CRANMORE John Moscropp

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Moscropp 
  • Surname:
    CRANMORE
  • Service Number:
    239979
  • Rank:

    Air Mechanic 2nd Class

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd June 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Lost at sea from airship €œN.S.III€ off East Fortune
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire, England
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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CRANMORE John Moscropp Is Named On These Memorials

Redditch Secondary School now Trinity High School WW1 Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Royal Air Force

Further Information About CRANMORE John Moscropp

John Cranmore was born on 13th October 1899 in Ipsley, Warwickshire.  He enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service as Air Mechanic 2nd Class on 18th October 1917 for the duration of hostilities.  John was 5ft 5 inches tall with brown hair, blue eyes and a fresh complexion.  He gave his occupation as a motor mechanic.  John served briefly at the shore based naval establishment, President II at Crystal Palace before moving to Cranwell where he remained until March 1918. On 1st April 1918 he transferred to the newly formed Royal Air Force and was posted to East Fortune in Scotland.  His RAF records give his next of kin as his father, William James Cranmore, 11 Victoria Road, Harborne, Birmingham.  John was posted missing, presumed drowned on 22nd June 1918.

The birth of John Mosscrop Cranmore is registered in the December Quarter 1899 under the Alcester Registration District.

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