Pioneer 116298 Frederick STRINGER

Pioneer Frederick Stringer{gallery}Pioneer F Stringer{/gallery}5th Battalion, Royal Engineers. Later Pte 292294 704th Company, Labour Corps
Died of pneumonia in Camies General Hospital, France and Flanders, 5th November 1918, aged 22

• Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave XLIX.B.14
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Samuel and Hannah Stringer of Orton’s Yard, Atherstone
• NNWFHS Memorial: Atherstone

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pioneer Stringer
• NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
• Etaples Military Cemetery
• Royal Engineers

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1896 at Atherstone
  
• Lived at Spencer’s Yard, Station Street, Atherstone [1915]
  
• Employed as a coal miner [1915]
• Enlisted 19 Aug 1915.