World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. He was gazetted with the award on August 4, 1916 for his actions as a private in the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment, of the British Army on March 8, 1916 at Kut-el-Amara in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) during World War I. Born in Newton Heath, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, in 1905 he joined the Lancashire Fusilier Volunteers and served in British India in 1909. He then joined a territorial unit of the Manchester Regiment prior to World War I and following the outbreak of the war in July 1914 he was activated with the 1st Battalion of the Manchester Regiment and was sent to the Western Front in France until December 1915 when he was reassigned to Mesopotamia the following month where he saw action during the relief of the Allied garrison at Kut-el-Amara, winning the Victoria Cross. Later, he was wounded and fell ill with typhoid fever and jaundice, and returned to England and discharged in June 1917. Following the end of the war, he worked as a doorkeeper at the Manchester Assistance Board and during World War II he was employed in a munitions factory. He died in Oldham, Lancashire, England at the age of 68. His Victoria Cross citation reads: " For most conspicuous bravery and determination. After the capture of an enemy position, he was posted on the extreme right of the Battalion in order to guard against any hostile attack. His battalion was subsequently forced back by an enemy counter-attack, but Private Stringer held his ground single-handed and kept back the enemy till all his hand-grenades were expended. His very gallant stand saved the flank of his battalion and rendered a steady withdrawal possible." In addition to the Victoria Cross, he also received the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal (1914-20), the Victory Medal (1914-19, with Mentioned in Despatches oak leaf), the Defence Medal, the India General Service Medal (with two campaign clasps and leaf), the King George VI Coronation Medal (1937), and the Serbian Milos Obilic Gold Medal for Bravery. His Victoria Cross and other medals reside in the Museum of the Manchester Regiment at Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England.
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. He was gazetted with the award on August 4, 1916 for his actions as a private in the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment, of the British Army on March 8, 1916 at Kut-el-Amara in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) during World War I. Born in Newton Heath, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, in 1905 he joined the Lancashire Fusilier Volunteers and served in British India in 1909. He then joined a territorial unit of the Manchester Regiment prior to World War I and following the outbreak of the war in July 1914 he was activated with the 1st Battalion of the Manchester Regiment and was sent to the Western Front in France until December 1915 when he was reassigned to Mesopotamia the following month where he saw action during the relief of the Allied garrison at Kut-el-Amara, winning the Victoria Cross. Later, he was wounded and fell ill with typhoid fever and jaundice, and returned to England and discharged in June 1917. Following the end of the war, he worked as a doorkeeper at the Manchester Assistance Board and during World War II he was employed in a munitions factory. He died in Oldham, Lancashire, England at the age of 68. His Victoria Cross citation reads: " For most conspicuous bravery and determination. After the capture of an enemy position, he was posted on the extreme right of the Battalion in order to guard against any hostile attack. His battalion was subsequently forced back by an enemy counter-attack, but Private Stringer held his ground single-handed and kept back the enemy till all his hand-grenades were expended. His very gallant stand saved the flank of his battalion and rendered a steady withdrawal possible." In addition to the Victoria Cross, he also received the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal (1914-20), the Victory Medal (1914-19, with Mentioned in Despatches oak leaf), the Defence Medal, the India General Service Medal (with two campaign clasps and leaf), the King George VI Coronation Medal (1937), and the Serbian Milos Obilic Gold Medal for Bravery. His Victoria Cross and other medals reside in the Museum of the Manchester Regiment at Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England.
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