STRINGER Frederick Thurston

  • First Name(s):
    Frederick 
    Thurston 
  • Surname:
    STRINGER
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Redpole
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    26th March 1919
  • Age At Death:
    28
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Kemerton (St. Nicholas) Churchyard, Worcestershire, England, in North-East part.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Colonel Frederick Stringer, Royal Welch Fusiliers (retired); husband of Doris A. Stringer, of Kemerton Court, Tewkesbury

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STRINGER Frederick Thurston Is Named On These Memorials

Bredon St Giles Church WW1 Memorial
Kemerton War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Bredon St Giles Church as F. Thurston Stringer with the additional information: Lieut. R.N. HMS “Redpole”
Kemerton War Memorial as E. T. Stringer with the additional information: Lt. R.N. H.M.S. Redpole

Further Information About STRINGER Frederick Thurston

Cheltenham Chronicle, 29th March 1919:
Lieut. F.T. Stringer, R.N.
News was received in Bredon on Wednesday morning of the death from complications following influenza of Lieut. Frederick Thurston Stringer, R.N., only son of Col. And Mrs Stringer, who was commanding on HMS Redpole, only landed in this country within the last fortnight, and was taken ill at Plymouth, where he died.  He was 28 years of age, and in June last married Miss Till, of Kemerton Court.

A report within the same paper under the heading ‘A County Review’ gives details of his education and other personal information.

An in depth report on the funeral of Frederick Thurston Stringer can be found in the Cheltenham Chronicle, Saturday 5th April 1919.

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