Harry George Crandon
Harry George Crandon VC 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. At the age of 27 years, he was a private in the 18th Hussars, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.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.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, Pendlebury, about 2 miles from his resting place.
