Alfred James – Stringer – Great Western Railway – Private – 10/08/1917

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Title

Alfred James – Stringer – Great Western Railway – Private – 10/08/1917

Initials / forenames

Alfred James

Surname

Stringer

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1st/5th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

141535

Railway department

Traffic Department, West Bromwich

Railway job

Porter, Traffic Department

Date died

10/08/1917

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway magazine Oct 1917 p201. Photo: Nov 1917 p224

Memorial

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Notes

Age 19, the son of Alfred & Alice Elizabeth Stringer of 4 Grange Road, Smethwick, Staffs

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission ; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)

Date entered

27/09/2017

Last updated

27/09/2017

Citation

“Alfred James – Stringer – Great Western Railway – Private – 10/08/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 14, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/45004.