Private 20032 Frank STRINGER

Private 20032 Frank Stringer{gallery}Pte E L Horne{/gallery}9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, France and Flanders, 15th September 1916, aged 28

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• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 A, 2 C and 2 D
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of John and Emma Stringer [nee Smith]
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Stringer
• Thiepval Memorial
• West Yorkshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Mar Qtr 1888 at Chilvers Coton
• Attended Chilvers Coton Boys School
  
• Lived at 106 College Street, Chilvers Coton [1901]
• Lived at 196 Edward Street, Chilvers Coton [1911]
  
• Employed as a brickyard labourer [1901]
• Employed as a coal miner/hewer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton in 1914. Arrived first in the Balkans 23 Aug 1915 and served at Gallipoli