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Josiah Stringer

Details

Forename Josiah
Surname Stringer
Middle Name Whittle
Memorial Atherton Cenotaph
Age 21
Address 17 Crosby Street
Parents' Address As above
Township Atherton
Rank Corporal
Occupation or place of work Fletcher, Burrows and Company
Regiment Manchester Regiment 2nd Batt
Day of Death 20
Month of Death June
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Nieuwpoort Communal Cemetery
Regiment Number 43724
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of Ephraim and Mary. 1 of 4 brothers. Remembered on Independence Methodist Roll of Honour where his father was a preacher
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 6/7/17
LJ 21/2/19 - awarded Belgian Croix de Guerre