Eric Wheatley "Eck" Prior . Royal Navy from Edinburgh My father said this was the last ship he sailed on. As she went to the breakers yard, he had tears in his eyes. Dad was shot in the leg off the Turkish coast.
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Able Sea. Francis Edward Prior . Royal Navy HMS Nelson from Gosport Francis Prior was my Grandad, born in October 1918, he served on HMS Nelson during the Second World War. He was a Gunnery Director. He was in the Malta convoy, Sicily, and was sent on a detachment when HMS Nelson was in refit to the Victory Barrage balloon, then he was deployed to Andlesnes in Norway on a small craft with some Marines. While he was there he buried two sailors who were killed in action both from his home town. He then returned to duty re-attached to HMS Nelson, he is 99 and still plodding on.
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Pte. Frederick Prior . British Army 4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment from Reading Dad, Frederick Prior was with the BEF and was shot in the back twice and taken to a German field hospital, operated on and survived. Then spent 4 years in a POW camp in Poland, where he escaped with 3 other men and fought with the Russians (so the story goes). During captivity he contracted T.B. And when he returned home spent a long period in Peppered Hospital, Donning, outside Reading. I would like to know more about my dad during his time with the regiment.
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Gendoline Prior . Land Army Hook, Hampshire My name is Martin Sullivan-Royall and i am searching for my Granmother
this is very sensitive to me and the story is as follows i only have limted information
My Granmothers name was/or is Gwendoline Prior / she served in the WLA
and was based at a hostel near Hook hampshire either Hook Southhampton or Hook near basingstoke.
My Mother who's name is Barbara Christine Westlake ( adopted name )
her birth name that Gwendoline named her was Valerie Ann Prior
Gwendoline gave birth to Valerie on the 12th Febuary 1946
my mother is 62 and from my investigations i would presume that Gwendoline
would now be between 76 and 85
any help or details about where she may of served or any other Women who may of known her at that time
would be a great help
i am trying to find my Mums real Mum as she has never had a sense of belonging both her adopted parents are both deceased
she had no records of her adoption or birth or mothers details until her employer had to do a CRB she was called into the mangagers office and shown her adoption papers which she had never seen
i have taken upon myself to try and find out as much as i can as, Gwendoline may have had other children and more family is out there for us to find
best regards
Martin
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John Joseph Prior . British Army My late father Jack Prior was a Desert Rat. His name was John Joseph Prior. I am not sure if he was in the 7th or 8th Army, but I wonder if anyone still remembers him.
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Sgt. Thomas Prior . British Army 18th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps from Wigan, Lancs (d.31st May 1943) Sergeant Tom Prior served with the 5th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment and 18th Reconnaissance Regiment died 31st of May 1943 on the Burma Siam railway and is buried in Thanbyuzayat Cemetery.
He is the son of James and Sarah, husband of Margaret. Home was in Ince Wigan Lancashire
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F/Lt. Pritchard . Royal Air Force 77 Sqdn. F/Lt Pritchard flew with 77 Squadron from Elvington during WWII.
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Sgt. Albert Edmond Pritchard . British Army 53rd Regiment Reconnaissance Corps from Prescott, Baschurch, Shropshire (d.14th August 1944) Sgt Albert Pritchard died on 14th of August 1944, in Cannes, Gard, France, when he was 26 years old. He is buried in Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
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Sgt Pilot Edwin Pritchard . Royal Air Force 78 Sqd (d.13th May 1943 )
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Elsie Ethel Pritchard . Women's Land Army from Bexley Heath, Kent This is a bit of sad tale. I'm trying to find out more about Elsie Ethel Pritchard (I think her christian name was Ethel, but she may have gone under the name Elsie). She joined the Land Army in July 1942, age 22, and resigned in March 1944 to have a baby. The baby was adopted. We believe that this baby is my uncle, and he has just found out (at the age of 65) that he was adopted. He is understandably completely shocked, and both his adoptive parents have died (it is thought that his adoptive father and his biological father are the same person).
Elsie's address on the Land Army index card (from microfiche at National Archives) was in Bexley Heath, Kent. I believe she may have been serving in Shropshire. If anyone remembers Elsie (or Ethel) or can help with any information, please do get in touch.
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Pte George W Pritchard . British Army 1/5th Btn. Welsh Regiment from Chipperfield, Herts (d.15th February 1945) George Pritchard was a son of a farmer from Tuffs Farm, in Chipperfield in Hertfordshire. He served with the 1/5th Battalion, Welsh Regiment in WW2 and was killed on the 15th of February 1945 during the Battle for the Rhine. One story says he was killed by a German sniper another that he was killed by a mortar splinter.
He was aged 18 years and is buried in the CWGC site in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany.
During my service in the RAF in West Germany from 1967 to 1970 I was able to take his sister and other relatives to visit his grave. It gave them closure to see his grave and how well it is kept.
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A.Sgt. GS Pritchard MiD. British Army Royal Armoured Corps A.Sgt.GS Pritchard served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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1Lt. Harold C. Pritchard . US Army Battery C 172nd Field Artillery Battalion
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Sgt Harry Pritchard . 428 Sqd.
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Pte. Hugh Pritchard . British Army (d.22nd December 1941)
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Pte. Jack Pritchard . British Army 7th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment from Smethwick, Staffs My uncle, Jack Pritchard was captured at Bethune on 28th May 1940, fighting the rear guard action at Dunkirk. He was marched to XXa POW camp and was moved to Lamsdorf 344 camp in 1941. He helped a soldier from Newcastle on one of the marches. I have been trying to find out who this soldier's family are.
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JB Pritchard . British Army JB Pritchard served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Cpl. John Edwin Pritchard . British Army 7th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry from Bristol (d.9th August 1944)
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FO Kenneth Pritchard DFC. Royal Australian Air Force/Royal Air Force 514 Squadron from Mosman, Sydney, Australia
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Gnr. Kenneth John Pritchard . British Army Maritime Regiment Royal Artillery from Charlton My father, Kenneth Pritchard was a gunner on the North Atlantic convoys and told us how they were told not to panic if they were hit by enemy fire. Well they were hit by a torpedo and they did not panic but as he said when two people are trying to get through a door meant to be used one at a time you tend to get stuck but they made it and ended up in New York for repairs where they had a good time with the Americans who used to send chocolate parcels home to the UK for my mother etc.
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Gnr. Leonard Vernon "Marta" Pritchard . British Army 23rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery from Upminster (d.1st Aug 1945) Leonard Pritchard was a POW in Stalag XXA in Thorn, Poland. He escaped in 1944 and was never seen again. It is presumed that he died of wounds on or about 1st of August 1945. All we have left are a couple of photos and the letters he wrote to his brother Frank. He is remembered at the Brookwood Memorial.
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LG Pritchard . British Army Royal Armoured Corps LG Pritchard served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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FO Peter Harold Howard Pritchard . Royal Air Force 61 Sqdn. from Marylebone, London (d.11th June 1941) Flying Officer (Pilot) Pritchard was the Son of Harold Pritchard, F.R.C.P., and Edith Margaret Pritchard, of Marylebone, London.
He was 19 when he was killed and is buried in the Kappel Churchyard, Row 8. Grave 6, in Denmark.
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F/S M. O. "Johnny" Pritchet . RAAF 12sqd
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RSP Probert . British Army Royal Armoured Corps RSP Probert served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Brian Probyn . Army My Father, Michael Ryan was close friends in Italy and Stalag IVB with Brian Probyn, a tank driver captured at the same time as himself. Brian become a well known film cameraman after the war, finishing up in Hollywood in the 1970s.
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Tech5. Daniel William Procchi . US Army My Uncle (late) Daniel William Procchi was a Tech 5th grade, United States Army. He was a prisoner of war 3 times (captured twice by the Germans and escaped both times, once by the Russians and was liberated from them). In his box of belongings he had I.D. tags that bore the stamp: ST-XIIA and what looks like a serial number. I'm not sure how he was captured, he did tell me a few stories of how he escaped, and one of how he was captured.
He passed away a couple of years ago, and I came into possession of his medals, and other artifacts relating to his involvement in WWII. I'm trying to collect as much information as possible to build a suitable memorial or (well, I'm not exactly sure how to explain it. But I want to make sure that my nieces (who are only 2 and 4 respectively) can learn and know more of the family history, and the rolls played by those who were veterans of that war (there were two in our family). The thing that struck me as odd were the two 'dog-tags' that appeared to be stamped out by hand, and bore the designation of the Stalag 12a. While I like to think of myself as fairly well educated on that time period, I'd never seen anything like them in photos, documentaries or other sources. My uncle never talked about them, and until his death and the box of his possessions coming into my possession, I'd never known of them.
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P/O. Walter Prockiw . Royal Canadian Air Force 426 Sqd. My Dad, Walter Prockiw was among the lucky ones to survive. He and his crew did their full tour of sorties.
Due to a very good navigator they were asked to do another tour but this time with a pathfinder, to a man they felt this would be pushing their luck. The crew according to my Dad were returned to Canada, being sent to Vancouver,B.C. to await assignment to the Pacific operations.
VJ happened before his flight crew was called up. He returned to civilian life shortly after, only to reenlist with the RCAF in the late 40's and until the 60's when "unification" of the Canadian Armed forces happened he went back to civilian life, retiring in the early 80's
Now in his ninetees he lives in Stettler, Alberta
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Spr. Nelson "Gus" Procter . New Zealand Army from Whangarei, NZ I have my father, NelsonProcter's dogtag showing that he was in Stalag 317. It is numbered 32680. I would be very interested to hear from anyone who knew him.
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Sgt. Robert Dudley Procter . Royal Air Force 150 Squadron from North Ferriby (d.9th June 1942) Bob Procter enlisted in the RAF on the 25th of July 1940 and was recommended for training as Wireless Operator Air Gunner, medically fit.
In August 1940 he joined for Initial training at RAF Blackpool in Lancashire
on the 29th August he was Confined to camp for 3 days.
On the 18th of October 1940 he commenced training as Wireless Operator Air Gunner and qualified on the 23rd of December. On the 4th of May 1941 he was admitted to David Lewis Northern Hospital at Childwall, Liverpool and discharged on the 7th of June. From the 6th of August 1941 he was confined to camp for 3 days, On the 26th of September 1941 he qualified as an Air Gunner.
After being absent for one day he was reprimanded on the 10th of November 1941.
On 31st of December 1941 he was promoted to the Rank of Sergeant
and on 6th of March 1942 Bob qualified as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner II
and was posted to Snaith, Yorkshire with
night bomber 150 Squadron at the end of the month.
On the night of the 8th/9th of June 1942 he was listed as missing, presumed killed in action, with his crew who
were all lost, Flying Officer W O Love RAF (Graduate of Sydney University), Flight Sergeant E B F Mandin RCAF, Sergeants L C Gray, R D Procter and L Dent.
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