Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Miles Platting
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- VC or GC Recipients, First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: C 1960
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Undefined
Date: Undefined
Attended by: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18543
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Current location
Philips Park Heritage Centre
Hulme Hall Lane
Miles Platting
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M40 2XG
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 86826 99281
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Blackley Cemetery Storeroom
Chapel Lane
Blackley
Manchester
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 860 020
Denomination: Undefined - Philips Park Cemetery Chapel
Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 860 980
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Blackley Cemetery Storeroom
- Description
- Marble Tablet with Gold inscribed lettering. This has now been replaced by a new tablet - see record xxxxx
- Inscription
- THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE BURIAL OF/ PRIVATE GEORGE STRINGER V.C./ OF THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT/ IN PHILIPS PARK CEMETERY./ PRIVATE STRINGER WAS AWARDED THE V.C. FOR ACTION IN MESOPOTAMIA IN 1916./ PRIVATE STRINGER DIED ON 10TH NOVEMBER 1957,/ AGED 68 YEARS, AND IS BURIED IN SECTION M.1826 OF THE CEMETERY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Stringer, George
See details - Commemorations
- VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, regiment, rank, forename, place of burial, decorations, additional
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, regiment, rank, forename, place of burial, decorations, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- VC or GC Recipients
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- G STRINGER VC - Tablet
- WMO ID: 105454
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 15-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- The Plaque was renovated in November 2007.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Manchester Regimental Association - Responsibility
- The Manchester City Council
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