Stafford Charles Cryer
Memorial: Mangotsfield - St James Place
Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 2476
Parents: Charles Herbert William and Ellen Cryer (nee Paget)
Marital status: Single
Home address: Pomphrey Hill, Mangotsfield, Bristol. Lived at Second Street, Salford, Manchester
Pre-war occupation: Apprentice Fitter with ship repairer
Date of birth: 1896
Date of death: 07/08/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Commemorated on the Helles Memorial (Panel 59 to 73 or 218 to 219), Cannakale, Turkey
Age: 19
Further information:
1st/8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (Territorial Force)
Died at Battle of Krithia Vineyard, Gallipoli
He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Cannakale, Turkey, Stretford and Trafford Park Town Memorial, John H. Widdowson (Engineers) Roll of Honour and The Borough of Salford Book of Remembance
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
National Archives, Battalion War Diary, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Attestation Papers, UK Censuses, Medal Rolls Index, David Blackmore