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il January 1916 all recruits for the New Army were volunteers,
albeit there was a great deal of social pressure to join the fight.
From 1916 conscription was brought in and all men between
the ages of 18 and 41 years were called up, unless they were
widowed or performing work of national importance.
Knowing that you would be conscripted in January, there was
an incentive to volunteer just before the end of the year, as
volunteers had some choice over which service and regiment
they joined. There was a large surge of volunteers towards the
end of 1915 and Harry was one of them.
On 18th November 1915 he turned up at the Royal Army
Veterinary Corps in Woolwich and signed on as Private 13443.
He was then 31 years old, single, and gave his address as 5
Millward Street, Woolwich.
He was physically typical of the Stanger boys, 5ft 7 1/2in tall
(1.7m) with a 39in chest (1m). Rather oddly he gave his next of
kin as his mother, Mary Stanger in Kings Cliffe. Adjacent, and
crossed through, it reads William Stanger, father, at 5 Millward
Street, Woolwich Common!
We know that Harry served most of the war in the Middle East,
but the document relating to his service details is too badly burnt
to determine other information.
Harry survived the war and, just before demob in November
1918, was examined at the Northampton War Hospital, Duston.
He was diagnosed as suffering from deafness and malaria but
fit for employment. He was awarded a pension, on the basis of
this disability, of 5/6d (about 27p), to be reviewed annually.
He left the army on 13th March 1919, still a single man, aged 35,
and gave the address for his pay as Park Street, Kings Cliffe.
However, a letter to the army dated 9th March informed them
that they should consider his address to be 5 Millward Street,
Woolwich Common.
Harry died, aged 64, on 23rd December 1947 in Wallingford,
Berkshire. He was then living at 62 Broadway, Didcot, Berks. His
will was administered by his elder brother, labourer Arthur William
Stanger. He left £550. No records have been found of a marriage.
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albeit there was a great deal of social pressure to join the fight.
From 1916 conscription was brought in and all men between
the ages of 18 and 41 years were called up, unless they were
widowed or performing work of national importance.
Knowing that you would be conscripted in January, there was
an incentive to volunteer just before the end of the year, as
volunteers had some choice over which service and regiment
they joined. There was a large surge of volunteers towards the
end of 1915 and Harry was one of them.
On 18th November 1915 he turned up at the Royal Army
Veterinary Corps in Woolwich and signed on as Private 13443.
He was then 31 years old, single, and gave his address as 5
Millward Street, Woolwich.
He was physically typical of the Stanger boys, 5ft 7 1/2in tall
(1.7m) with a 39in chest (1m). Rather oddly he gave his next of
kin as his mother, Mary Stanger in Kings Cliffe. Adjacent, and
crossed through, it reads William Stanger, father, at 5 Millward
Street, Woolwich Common!
We know that Harry served most of the war in the Middle East,
but the document relating to his service details is too badly burnt
to determine other information.
Harry survived the war and, just before demob in November
1918, was examined at the Northampton War Hospital, Duston.
He was diagnosed as suffering from deafness and malaria but
fit for employment. He was awarded a pension, on the basis of
this disability, of 5/6d (about 27p), to be reviewed annually.
He left the army on 13th March 1919, still a single man, aged 35,
and gave the address for his pay as Park Street, Kings Cliffe.
However, a letter to the army dated 9th March informed them
that they should consider his address to be 5 Millward Street,
Woolwich Common.
Harry died, aged 64, on 23rd December 1947 in Wallingford,
Berkshire. He was then living at 62 Broadway, Didcot, Berks. His
will was administered by his elder brother, labourer Arthur William
Stanger. He left £550. No records have been found of a marriage.
233
