Notes
He is listed on the memorial as having been a teacher at the school. The school website (see References) states: ‘econd Lieutenant Albert Stringer was the son of Edward and Ann Stringer, of 6, Trafalgar Square, Ashton-under-Lyne. His father was a School Headmaster, and Albert and all of his three siblings, Bertha, Janet and John were also employed as Schoolteachers. Albert gained a BSc from Victoria University and was the Deputy Headmaster of the Municipal Secondary School, Ashton-under-Lyne. Albert had joined the Ashton Territorials at the outbreak of the war and was serving in Gallipoli. On the 7th June 1915 he was killed in action in the Dardanelles, after a brilliant bayonet charge, and the capture of a Turkish trench directly in front of the Allies firing line. He was 37 years of age.' He is also listed on the Helles Memorial.