Tom Cranston

Tom Cranston
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Cranston
Date of birth	1891
Place of birth	Ardrossan, Scotland
Date of death	13 January 1916 (aged 24–25)
Place of death	Iraq
Position(s)	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1912	Ardrossan Celtic
1912–1914	Raith Rovers
1914	→ Third Lanark (loan)
1914–1915	Clyde
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Thomas Cranston (1891 – 13 January 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers, Third Lanark and Clyde as an outside right.^[1]^[3]

Personal life[]

After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Cranston enlisted as a private in The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).^[3] He was killed in action in Iraq on 13 January 1916, during the Mesopotamian campaign.^[3]^[2] He was buried in Amara War Cemetery.^[2]

Clyde

^ ^a ^b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). pp. 1–2. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
^ "Clyde v Partick Thistle 1–0 (Glasgow Cup Final: October 13, 1914)". Play Up, Liverpool. Retrieved 13 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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Personal information
Full name	Thomas Cranston^[1]
Date of birth	1891
Place of birth	Ardrossan, Scotland
Date of death	13 January 1916 (aged 24–25)^[2]
Place of death	Iraq
Position(s)	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1912	Ardrossan Celtic
1912–1914	Raith Rovers	56	(8)
1914	→ Third Lanark (loan)	7	(0)
1914–1915	Clyde	22	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only