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Maj. James Arthur Pratt
British Army East Part Special List
(d.25th June 1915)
Major Pratt is buried In the East part of the Kinsale (Ringcurran) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland.
RSM. Joseph Edward Pratt MID.
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Foleshill
(d.20th Sep 1917)
Edward Joseph Pratt joined 1st Battalion RWR 1892, he fought at the battle of Atbara, he was made Sergeant in 1898, then Colour Sergeant in 1905. He also served with the 2nd, 5th & 3rd reserve Battalions before WW1. In 1913 Edward had done 21 years in the Army,at the start of WW1 he was Acting Regeimental Sergeant Major in the 10th Battalion. I recently bought Landers War and Charles Herbert Lander mentions the death of my Great Uncle E.J Pratt saying he took one in the side at the battle of the Menin Road refused the stretcher bearers and walked back to the dressing station, were he collapsed and died, he was a huge heavy man much loved by everyone and a kind hearted soul.
Edward had lived for many years in Kenilworth, with his parents Thomas Edwin & Ann, A local Kenilworth Newspaper said Edward was a fine specimen of manhood, 6ft 2 inches and well proportioned. Edward left a wife named Ellen and 4 children 3 daughters & one son, alas I do not have a photograph of Edward, being a Sergeant Major there could be one out there somewhere. Edward Joseph Pratt is buried at Bushouse Cemetery Belgium.
Capt Ralph Lewis Pratt
British Army 2nd/4th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Kingswood, Bristol
(d.18th October 1916)
Stok. Sidney Arthur Pratt
Royal Navy HMS Cornwallis
(d.9th Jan 1917)
Sidney Pratt is my great uncle, he served on HMS Cornwallis as a stoker 1st class when the ship was hit by the German u boat. The ship sank and he was drowned. He was 21 years old and left a wife, who was expecting their first child. He has a memorial at Chatham dockyard but his body was never recovered.
L/Cpl. Wilfred Ernest Pratt
British Army 1st Btn. Sherwood Foresters
(d.5th Jul 1916)
Pte. William Pratt
British Army 9th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
(d.21st February 1917)
Private Pratt is buried in the Cannanore General Cemetery in India, Plot 36. Grave 21.
Pipr. James Prattis
British army Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Laurieston, Falkirk
My grandfather, James Prattis, was a piper with the Royal Scouts Fusiliers. His discharge papers show he was a first class shot.
Pte. Frederick William Preddy
British Army 18th (2nd City) Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
from:Masborough
(d.16th June 1918)
Fred Preddy was reported missing in action some time between 19th and 21st March 1918 by his sister Mrs Emily Whitchurch of St. James Place, Mangotsfield who wrote to the authorities in order to establish his whereabouts.
On 21st the Battalion's War Diary simply states “4:40 a.m. Enemy attacked. 4:45 a.m. “Man Battle Station received” yet no mention of men wounded or killed. It was eventually confirmed by the Red Cross that he had been taken as a Prisoner of War by the Germans on 25th March (presumably in the fighting on the same day?) while the German records show he was captured on 28th June at Ham in the province of Limburg, Belgium.
He was admitted to the German No. 3 War Hospital at Chapelle with an embolism caused by a 'ham shot' (a gun shot wound to his upper thigh) and after extensive treatment he died on 16th of June 1918 in the Limburg P.O.W. Camp, north west of Frankfurt. His body was brought in from the German extension of the Communal Cemetery (Soldatenfriedhof No.2) and re-interred in La Capelle–En-Theirache-Communal Cemetery in the small town of La Capelle in the Aisne Department of France. The German authorities wrote to Frederick's sister on 28th of September 1918 advising her of her brother's death. Frederick Preddy is commemorated on the Cenotaph in Clifton Park, Rotherham and also in the Rotherham Postal Sorting Office.
Pte. Frederick Charles Preece
British Army 18th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:14 Malvern Terrace, Taunton
(d.15th June 1917)
Frederick Preece served with the 18th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Cpl. Joseph Edward Preece
British Army 8th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Hednesford
(d.12th October 1917)
Sgt. Richard Preece
British Army 9th Btn. Loyal North Lancs Regiment
from:Bolton, Lancs
(d.5th Nov 1918)
Richard Preece is my paternal great grandfather. He was born in Dudley on 23rd July 1887 to Richard and Harriet. On the 1901 census he is living with his parents in Dudley and is a labourer in an ironworks. By 1910 he has moved to Bolton, Lancs and is married to Maud Miller (from Bolton) aged 22. In the 1911 census he is living in Tong Street, Bolton with his wife Maud - he is a gravedigger and Maud is a drawing frame tenter. In 1913 they have their first child, a daughter Harriet Maud Preece (1913-1990).
Sometime in 1914 he joins the war effort and arrives in France on 25th September 1915 with the 9th Loyal North Lancs just three months before his twin daughters are born (Emma and Sarah - 28/6/1915). Sadly Emma dies in July 1915. His battalion fought on the Somme in 1916 at Bazentin, Pozieres and the Ancre Heights, then in the Battles of Messines Ridge and Pilkem Ridge in 1917.
As Richard's soldier's papers did not survive, we cannot be sure which of these battles he fought in. It is likely he was wounded at some stage, and was not sufficiently fit for front line duty on his recovery. He was transferred to the 14th Company, Labour Corps, which was a prisoner of war company, guarding prisoners of war. In late 1918 they were in the Conches-en-Ouche area, about 35 miles south of Rouen. The German prisoners here were engaged in forestry work.
As Richard is recorded as having died it is possible that he was a victim of the 1918 influenza pandemic. He is buried at Conches-en-Ouche Communal Cemetery. He was 31 years old and left his wife Maud (32) and daughters Harriet Maud (5) and Sarah (3) - he never met either of his daughters.
Pte. George Herbert Preen
British Army 4th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Sheffield
Very little is known of my granddad's wartime exploits. I think George Preen served through most of the conflict and received the three usual medals, and he was one of the many who was reluctant to talk about his experiences. Before the war, he had been a golf caddy and after the war he became a golf professional. My granddad died when I was just three years old, so I never really got to talk to him about the war though I do have a recollection of someone saying he had been cited for a VC. Sorry that I have very little information my granddad, who died in 1960.
Gnr. C. Prendergast
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
Gunner Prendergast was the husband of Bridget Prendergast. He is buried Near the right boundary from the entrance of the Tallow Catholic Graveyard, Tallow, Co. Waterford, Ireland.
Ernest W. Prentice
British Army Suffolk Regiment
from:Suffolk
My grand-father Ernest W Prentice from Suffolk, served as a Lewis Gunner in WW1. It would be nice to know if anyone knows who else is in the photograph. My grandfather Ernest Prentice is bottom row far right.
Cpl. George Norman Prentice MM.
Australian Imperial Forces 12th Australian Machine Gun Coy
from:Harrisville, Queensland
(d.19th Sep 1919)
George Prentice was one of three brothers and their father who served in WW1.
George served in France and Belgium, his movements during the war are recorded in his personal diary which has been passed down to me by my grandmother who was George's sister. George was awarded the Military Medal for action on the 8th of August 1918 which is described in the Australian Official War History. He was wounded in the attack on the Hindenberg Outpost Line on the 18th of September 1918 and died the next day. He is buried at the Brie British Cemetery.
George's youngest brother John Richard Prentice died of dysentery in Port Said on 1 October 1915. He served with 5 Light Horse. The other brother William Arthur Served with Second Light Horse on the Gallipoli Peninsula and in Egypt from 1915 - 1919 and returned to Australia. Their father John served with Second Remount Regiment in Egypt during 1916 and returned to Australia.th
Cpl. James Millar Prentice
British Army 18th (4th Glasgow) Battalion Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow, Scotland
(d.22nd July 1916)
James Prentice, born in Leeds England, descendant of a long line of Prentices from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, was the son of William Prentice and Jane Dempster, the brother of Georgina Prentice and Jane Mclauchalan Prentice. Prior to enlistment in the Highland Light Infantry he was an iron-moulder living in Milton, Glasgow. Here, he married Margaret Calander Burt (previously Grey) on 17th July 1913. They have one child, William, born May 1915. James was killed in action in France on 22nd of July 1916 while with the 18th HLI. His son William died from the measels April 1917. Wife Margaret re-married Dec 1918. James Millar Prentice is the older brother of my paternal grandmother, Jane Mclauchlan Prentice.
Sjt. Walter Prentice MM.
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Chilworth, Surrey
Walter Prentice was my uncle. He died long before I was born but several items concerning him have come down to me. Last year a Leicester University exhibition included, among other things, his original torch (now in the Imperial war Museum) and photographs of his war medals.
In Aug 1914 Walter joined 10th Royal Fusiliers, on the 30 Jul 1915 the 10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers landed at Boulogne In this extract from “1914-1919 The Names of the Men who answered The Nation’s Call to Arms" from Bradbury Greatorex & Co Ltd. London, E.C. He is listed as: Aug 1914 - Prentice, W. - Lace - L/Corpl. - 10th R Fusiliers - Mlty. Medal 1917.
A press cutting at Imperial War Museum, concerning the award of his Military Medal raeds: “Lance-Corpl. Walter Prentice, of the 10th Royal Fusiliers, son of Mr & Mrs H F Prentice, of Chilworth New Road, has been awarded the Military Medal for great bravery in the field. He nipped in the bud a German attempt to set a dug-out on fire, and also blew up a machine gun emplacement. Lance-Cpl Prentice, who is 26, was an old scholar of Archbishop Abbott’s School, Guildford.”
Another press cutting from 1922 reads: "After school Walter Prentice “joined the firm of Messrs. Bradbury, Greatrex and Co., of Aldermanbury, E.C., with whom he remained, except for a break in his war service from August 1914, to February 1919, until his recent illness. At the outbreak of war he joined the 10th Royal Fusiliers and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery during a trench raid in 1916, and was later mentioned in dispatches. He went through some of the fiercest fighting on the Western Front."
Pte. Charles Henry Prescott
British Army 1st Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Lincoln
(d.8th November 1918)
Charles Prescott, son of John and Fanny Prescott, Low Apley, Langworth, Lincoln, enlisted at Lincoln with the 1st Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was killed in action on 8th of November 1918 and is buried in Dourlers Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Information courtesy of http://www.roll-of-honour.com
Pte. George Edward Prescott
British Army 10th Btn. Essex Regiment
(d.21st October 1916)
George Prescott, son of Charles and Mary Prescott, South Willingham, Lincoln, enlisted at Lincoln with the Lincolnshire Regiment and then served with the 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. He was killed in action on 21st of October 1916 aged 20 years. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Information courtesy of http://www.roll-of-honour.com
Pte. George Frederick Prescott
British Army 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Langworth
(d.2nd March 1916)
George Prescott, son of John and Fanny Prescott, Low Apley, Langworth, Lincoln, born in Middle Rasen and living in Langworth, enlisted at Wragby with the 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 2nd of March 1916 aged 19 years. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Sadly his younger brother Charles Henry was killed in action on 8th November 1918 serving with the 1st Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Information courtesy of http://www.roll-of-honour.com
Pte. Henry Prescott
British Army South Lancashire Regiment
from:Maghull
My grandfather was Henry Prescott. I believe that he served in the British Army in India until around 1908 - he believed that he witnessed the last public flogging in the British Army. He returned to his home town of Maghull in Lancashire (now Merseyside) working as a cellar man in the Punch Bowl pub in Sefton.
He re-joined the army for the Great War in the South Lancashire Regiment. He was injured in the Balkans and shipped off in a hospital ship. This was damaged or sunk and he was picked up and taken to Malta (by the Japanese Navy?). Upon recovery he was sent to France where he was again wounded (family legend is that he was blown up when using the latrine) and was sent to Scotland for recovery. My understanding is that he was part of a machine gun team. In Scotland, he met a young nurse, Minnie Thomas who he married, she became my grandmother. He settled in Melling working as a farm labourer on Glovers Farm and living in a tied cottage. He had 2 sons and 2 daughters.
WW2 was not totally uneventful for Henry as he also served in the local Home Guard and the cottage that the family lived in was hit by a German Bomb which failed to explode. He retired at the age of 75 in 1959, passing away at the age of 84 in 1968. He was laid to rest in the grave yard at St Thomas's church in Melling.
L/Cpl. Joshua Prescott
British Army 11th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:Wigin, Lancs
(d.9th March 1917)
Joshua Prescott was my grandfather, I have an old photo of him. He was killed in Mesopotania in 1917 and I have a copy of the old column where his name was listed on panel 27. That's all I can find out.
Pte. Richard Prescott
British Army 6th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
from:St Helens, Lancashire
(d.26th July 1915)
Pte. William Prescott MM.
British Army 11th (St Helens Pioneers) Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
from:St Helens
William Prescott is my Grandfather on my mother's side. He was in the St Helens Pioneers in the first world war. His regiment would build and repair the trenches and duckboards. On 1st of December 1917 he was awarded the Military Medal for "Gallantry in action in the field" I have a copy of the war diaries of the South Lancashire Regiment but it does not contain any more information as to what the action was. All I know is that he was stationed in Zillebreke at the time. I also have a copy of his Gazette.
A/Cpl. Frank Prest
British Army 10th (Service) Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Kelloe, County Durham
Still researching my grandfather's history with the DLI and will post further details as such history emerges. Frank landed at Boulogne in France with the 10th Battalion on 21st May 1915, and it is from there that his path will be traced.
L\Sgt. Frank Prest
British Army 10th & 19th Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:Kelloe, Co Durham
My Grandfather Frank Prest served with the 10th & 19th Battalions of the Durham Light Infantry.
Pte. J. T. Prest
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
J Prest was wounded in Oct. 1916
Rfmn. Arthur Prestidge
British Army 9th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Arthur Prestidge was aged 21 when he lost his life. Son of Daniel and Sarah Maria Prestidge of Moreton Pinkney, Rugby, he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Drvr. E. J. Preston
British Army 173rd Brigade, D Bty Royal Field Artillery
(d.12th December 1917)
Driver Preston was aged 20 when he died. He is buried in Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery, France, Grave II.B.27. He was the son of Mrs M. Preston, 116 St Mary's Road, Lower Edmonton, London.
Pte. Frank Preston
British Army 2nd Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:76 Bolton Road, Leicester
(d.26th Oct 1914)
Private Frank Preston, of the 2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, was killed on 26 October 1914 while his battalion was holding positions east of Festubert. Six days earlier, at Les Trois Maisons, he had distinguished himself during the fighting despite being only eighteen years old.
His death was reported in The Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser on 20 November 1914:
“News has been received in Leicester from the War Office of the death of Private F. Preston, of the Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action in France on October 26th. Preston, who was only 18 years of age, was referred to recently as the baby of his company. When in action on October 20th, after the officers had been shot down, he ordered his comrades to fix bayonets, and led them in a charge which completely routed the enemy. For his brave act he was recommended for reward for distinguished conduct.”
The following day, one of the local newspapers in his home town, The Leicester Chronicle, printed a more detailed article about Private Preston:
“The War Office has notified Mrs Clarke, of 76, Bolton Road, Leicester, that her son, Private Frank Preston, of D Company, 2nd Manchester Regiment, was killed in action on October 26th in France. It will be remembered that Private Preston, who was only 18 years of age, and was known as the “baby” of the company, led a gallant bayonet charge of the Manchesters on October 20th, and for this act was recommended for distinction.
The story of how Preston led the bayonet charge was told by a wounded corporal of D Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Manchester Regiment, who said:
It was on the 20th of October; the Germans were all around us, and our trenches had been enfiladed by their fire. First our lieutenant was wounded, and then the sergeant, and we were left without a single officer in command of the platoon.
Whilst we were wondering what to do, Private Preston, a lad of 18, known as the “baby” of the company, threw up his cap, and, with a ringing cheer, yelled: “Fix your bayonets, lads.” We did so and charged the advancing Germans. Preston was in the act of bayoneting one German, when the latter shouted: “For God’s sake, don’t stick me.” “It’s too late,” replied the youngster, “it’s through you.” That young fellow has been recommended for distinction,” concluded Corporal Isherwood.
The above thrilling story was told at Cardiff early in November at a time when Preston had already found a soldier’s grave. Heartfelt sympathy will be extended to the mother, who, naturally, was exceedingly proud of the fact that her son’s bravery had been recognised.”
Sadly, Private Preston’s gallantry was not recognised and no award was forthcoming. He is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.
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