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Pte. Fred Gardiner
British Army 19th Btn. C Coy. IV Pln. Manchester Regiment
from:19 John Sheply Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Fred was the son of William and Sarah Ann Gardiner of Hollingworth and later Hyde in Cheshire. Fred joined the 4th City Battalion(Manchester Regiment)in 1915,which later became the 19th Battalion. In September 1915 Fred sailed with his regiment to France on the SS Queen Alexsandra. Fred was involved in action at Glatz Redoubt, near the village of Mountaban and later in July 1916 at the town of Guillemont where his company pushed the Germans troops out of the town only to be cut of from their regiment and captured by the Germans. He was in IV Platoon, C Company, 19th (Service) Battalion at that time.
Fred spent the rest of the war as a POW and was repatriated in December 1918. His 1914-1915 Star Medal along with his photo is displayed in the Manchester Regiment Museum in Ashton-Under-Lyne Town Hall.
