Private George Henry Pratley, 1106

  • Batt - 1
  • Unit - Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth -
  • Died - 15/08/1915
  • Age - 24

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of George Pratley. He was employed as a groom at Ashwell Hall and immediately on the outbreak of war enlisted in the 1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars, embarking with them for Egypt. He fell sick and was left in Cairo while his regiment embarked for Gallipoli, he developed pneumonia from which he subsequently died. Other sources show his place of residence as Shakespeare Cottage, Sandgate, Kent.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
  • Cause of death - Died Of Fever
  • Place of death - Egypt
  • Burial Place - D 27, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
  • Birth Place - Oxted, Surrey
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars
  • Cause of death - DIED
  • Burial Commemoration - Cairo Mil. Cem., Egypt
  • Memorial - ST. MARY'S CHURCH WALL MEM., ASHWELL, RUTLAND
  • Memorial - ST. MARY'S CHURCH, ASHWELL, RUTLAND

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