Private 3828 William Henry STRINGER

Private 3828 William Henry Stringer{gallery}Pte W H Stringer{/gallery}1st/5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 1st July 1916, aged 22

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 14 A and 14 B
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Alfred and Adelaide Stringer
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Stringer
• Thiepval Memorial
• York and Lancaster Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1895 at Chilvers Coton
• Attended Chilvers Coton Boys School
  
• Lived at 3 Chapel Yard, Coton Road, Chilvers Coton [1901]
  
• Living at 48 Coton Road, Chilvers Coton [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Rotherham. Disembarked in France on 10 Nov 1915