Arthur Leslie Cranfield (19 June 1892 – 9 October 1957) was a

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. Born in St Ives, then in

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, Cranfield attended St Ives Grammar School. During

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, he served in the

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as a captain and a brigade signalling officer. After the war, he became a journalist, working on a variety of local papers before, in 1922, becoming chief sub-editor for the '' Evening News''.Cranfield, Arthur Leslie
, ''

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'' In 1926, Cranfield was appointed as the first editor-in-chief of the

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. Two years later, he returned to the ''Evening News'' as assistant editor, then held the same post at the ''

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'' from 1930 to 1935, when he was chosen as the paper's editor. In 1939, he instead became managing editor of the ''

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'', then in 1941 moved to become editor of '' The Star''. Cranfield retired in 1957, and died later in the year.

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