Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookallantly leading his men against some German trenches. Buried near St. Julien, in the rear of the trenches along the Zonnebeke-Ypres Road. When Sir H. Smith-Dorrien inspected his regt., a few weeks before his death, Lieut. Prichard was temporarily in command of a company, and his men were highly commended. His brother, Lieut. F. G. Prichard, died of wounds, 9 Aug. 1915 (see preceding notice). [Illustration: =Rowland George Prichard.=] =PRICHARD, THOMAS LEWIS=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Thomas Prichard, Vicar of Amlwch, Anglesey, and Rural Dean of Twrcelyn, by his wife, Jane; _b._ Penmachno, co. Carnarvon, 1 Oct. 1881; educ. Friar's, Bangor; and Trent College, Nottingham; was made an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 18 Oct. 1900; gazetted Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 23 Feb. 1901; served in the South African War, 1901-02, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, Oct. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and received the Queen's medal with four clasps. After his return he joined the Reserve of Officers, and in 1907 became an Inspector under the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, but on the outbreak of war rejoined his old regt.; was gazetted Capt., 2nd Battn., 9 Sept. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and died at the Allied Forces Base Hospital, Boulogne, 9 Nov. following, of wounds received in action on 27 Oct. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery. Capt. Prichard _m._ at the Parish Church, Waltham St. Lawrence, co. Berks, 26 Aug. 1908, Dorothy (Cae Synamon, co. Carnarvon), elder dau. of Leopold McKenna, of Honeys, Twyford, co. Berks, and niece of the Right Hon. Reginald McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and had two children: Leopold Owen, _b._ 22 July, 1912; and Cicely Gwladys, _b._ 18 May, 1909. =PRIDMORE, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 7017, 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., eldest _s._ of John Pridmore, of Montreal, Canada, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of George Mason; _b._ Gretten, co. Rutland, 14 May, 1885; educ. there; enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall's L.I. in 1901; served with them in the South African War for one year; transferred into the Northamptonshire Regt. in 1903, and after being with the Colours for six years, passed into the Reserve, and became a Warder at H.M. Prison, Hedon Road, Hull. He was called up on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 1 Nov., and was killed in action at La Bassée 22 Dec. following, while endeavouring to save the life of his officer. Buried there. He was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Sergt. Pridmore was one of the East Hull Fanciers, showing pigeons and cavies. He _m._ at the Baptist Church, Hull, 26 Aug. 1911, Mabel (Grindell Street, Hedon Road, Hull), dau. of John Priestman, of Hull, and had two daus.: Miriam May, _b._ 13 Jan. 1913; and Florence Edna, _b._ 22 July, 1914. His three brothers are now (1916) all on active service; one in the Scottish Rifles, one in the Border Regt., and another with the Canadian Contingent. [Illustration: =George William Pridmore.=] =PRIMMER, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15993, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PRIMO, JOHN JAMES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8281), 293992, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PRING, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5035, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =PRINGLE, LEONEL GRAHAM, M.V.O.=, Capt., 1st Battn. Highland L.I., 4th _s._ of the late Commander James Thomas Pringle, of Torwoodlee, co. Selkirk, R.N., D.L., J.P., by his wife, Ann Parminter (Southdean, Colinton Road, Edinburgh), only child of the late Col. Black, 53rd Regt.; _b._ Ilkley, co. York, 27 April, 1880; educ. Vitzthum Gymnasium, Dresden; Sunningdale School; Radley College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Highland L.I., 12 Aug. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 1 Aug. 1900, and Capt. 24 June, 1908; joined the 2nd Battn. Highland L.I. in Oct. 1899, and transferred to the 1st Battn. on receiving his captaincy; left India for France 22 Aug. 1914, but stopped to guard the Suez Canal, arrived in France 4 Dec., was seriously wounded in action at Givenchy on the 19th of that month, and died a prisoner of war in Lazaret 111, St. Sauveur, Lille, 29 Dec. following; _unm._ Buried with military honours in the Southern Cemetery. Lille. Capt. Pringle had qualified as an interpreter, and was awarded the M.V.O. (5th Class) in 1903. [Illustration: =Leonel Graham Pringle.=] =PRIOR, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./10711, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PRISMALL, ARTHUR=, Capt., 13th Battn. (Princess Louise's Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.); _b._ 3 Jan. 1862; educ. privately; was for over 30 years with the banking firm of Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co.; joined the 4th Middlesex R.V.C. (West London Rifles) in 1881, receiving a commission in 1897; retired in 1905, but on the formation of the Territorial Force in 1907, rejoined, and was gazetted Capt. 10 Dec. 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with his Battn. in Nov., and was killed in action during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He _m._ in 1890, Sarah Russell Thomson (65, Loxley Road, Wandsworth Common), and had two sons and one dau. [Illustration: =Arthur Prismall.=] =PROCTER, CECIL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3377), S.S. 101179, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PROCTER, MIDGLEY=, A.B., (R.F.R., B. 3906), 163930, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =PROCTER, THOMAS=, A.B., 224748, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PRODRICK, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8007), S.S. 103747, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PROWSE, ARTHUR ROWLAND=, A.B., J. 3470, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =PRYCE, HUGH BEAUCLERK MOSTYN=, Capt., 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade, only _s._ of Edward Stisted Mostyn Pryce, of Gunley Hall, Chirbury, co. Salop, J.P., Montgomeryshire, by his wife, Henrietta Mary, yst. dau. of Charles William Beauclerk, of Winchfield House, Hants, D.L., and granddau. of the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Frederick Beauclerk [4th _s._ of Aubrey, 5th Duke of St Albans]; _b._ at Belmont, near Christchurch, Newport, co. Monmouth, 26 Oct. 1881; educ. Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. List, 8 Jan. 1901, and posted to the Rifle Brigade, 9 March following; promoted Lieut. 12 April, 1904, and Capt. 18 Jan. 191 |