Christopher George Strugnell
Memorial: Frampton Cotterell - St. Peter’s Church
Regiment: Royal Fusiliers
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 67885
Parents: Eleanor Strugnell
Marital status: Married
Home address: Adams Land, Coalpit Heath, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Agricultural horse boy in 1901 and bread deliverer in 1911
Date of birth: 1887
Place of birth: Frampton Cotterell, Bristol
Date of death: 30/10/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Ref: Panel 28 to 30 and 162 to 162A and 163A)
Age: 30
Further information:
Christopher George Strugnell was born in 1887 in Frampton Cotterell. His mother was Eleanor Stugnell from Southampton, who worked as a tailoress from home in 1901. Christopher was brother to Charles, Harold, William and Victor
Christopher was an agricultural horse boy on a farm in 1901 and a bread deliverer in 1911. Christopher married Ethel Tovey in 1908 and they lived in Adams Land in Coalpit Heath in 1911
Christopher enlisted in Bristol and served with the 7th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment) and formerly Private 20588, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, 4th Battalion. Christopher was Killed in Action on 30 October 1917 at the age of 30. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals
Christopher George Strugnell is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Ref: Panel 28 to 30 and 162 to 162A and 163A). He is also remembered on the Frampton Cotterell St Peter’s Church War Memorial and Chipping Sodbury and District Cottage Hospital Memorial board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Frampton Cotterell
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and Glosgen.co.uk