Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3581439

Reference: WO372/16

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/3585005

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ID: 9182778

Name: George Pratt, 18, #13697, Grenadier Guards 5th Res. Bn.

Title: George Pratt 1908 Army Service Record

Description: 1908 Service Record of George Pratt, Age 18, Birth town Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Service number13697, Grenadier Guards, 5th Reserve Battalion. The record details his pre-war and First World War Service and names his parents Charles and Annie and his older brother Mark. his place of birth was the hamlet of St Margaret's, between Little Gaddesden and Great Gaddesden, for which Hemel Hempstead was the nearest town.

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Additional: His name, regiment and Service fit the seed record for this life story. He is named on the Little Gaddesden Roll of Honour which lists his regiment as 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards.

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ID: 9183353

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1889/2/AZ/000464/202

Additional: His name fits. His year and quarter of birth, and the Registration District fit with information in his Service Record i.e. that he was 18 years 11 months old in April 1908 and was born, at St Margaret's, in Ivinghoe Parish.

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ID: 9183369

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1891/0009436263

Additional: His name fits. His age and place of birth fit with his Service Record, as do the names of his father and older brother. However, the record is not a perfect fit as his mother is named as Mary, not Ann or Annie.

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ID: 9183391

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1901/0009387936

Additional: His name fits. His age and place of birth fit with his Service Record, as do his father's name and his brother Mark's name. His father has remarried and Ann is the person shown as his mother Annie, though she is technically his step-mother.

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ID: 9183399

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/07767/0295/3

Additional: His name fits. His age and place of birth fit with his Service Record, as do the name of his father and his mother - actually step mother - Annie. his brother William's name and age fit with their 1901 Census return and their abode is the same as in 1901. The information about the 25 year marriage and 3 children is unclear as George's mother Mary's Death record shows that she died in 1894 so was mother to all three boys. Possibly Annie had been married previously.

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ID: 9183421

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1894/3/AZ/000237/241

Additional: Believed to be the death record of George's mother Mary, who is named in the 1891 Census but not thereafter. Her name and date of death fit this, as does the Registration District, which fits St Margaret's, at that time in Ivinghoe parish.

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ID: 9183426

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/M/1897/4/AZ/000299/059

Additional: Records the 2nd marriage of George's father Charles, to Ann Eliza Wallace. Her Christian names fit with the family's 1901 Census return in which Charles' wife is recorded as Ann E Pratt. In the 1911 Census she is recorded Annie, which fits with George's Service Record, though she is technically his step-mother rather than his mother.

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ID: 9183430

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/M/1914/2/AZ/000963/013

Additional: Record's George's marriage to Alice King, which fits with information in his Service Record in which her full name and the date of the wedding at Watford Registry Office are recorded.

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ID: 9183456

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1914/4/AZ/001171/091

Additional: Records the birth of George's son George, who is named on George's Service Record and died as an infant in 1915. His name, year and quarter of birth fit. The Registration District fits with his marriage in Watford.

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ID: 9183460

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1915/1/AZ/001031/099

Additional: Records the death of George's son George. This fits with information in his Service Record which notes that his son 'died 1/1/15'.

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ID: 9183486

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1921/3/AZ/001210/086

Additional: Records the birth of George's daughter Muriel. Her mother's maiden name is given, matching George's wife's surname on their Marriage record. The Registration District fits with the family's residence in Watford at the time, as shown in Electoral Registers.

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ID: 9183488

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1924/3/AZ/001084/104

Additional: Records the birth of George's daughter Phyllis. Her mother's maiden name is given, matching George's wife's surname on their Marriage record. The Registration District fits with the family's residence in Watford at the time, as shown in Electoral Registers.

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ID: 9183489

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1925/3/AZ/001057/028

Additional: Records the birth of George's daughter Dorothy. Her mother's maiden name is given, matching George's wife's surname on their Marriage record. The Registration District fits with the family's residence in Watford at the time, as shown in Electoral Registers.

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ID: 9183493

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1932/2/AZ/000738/084

Additional: Records the death of George's daughter Dorothy aged 6 in 1932. Her age fits with her Birth record, in which her mother's Maiden name is shown. The Registration District fits with the family's residence in Watford at the time, as shown in Electoral Registers.

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ID: 9183504

Name: Autumn 1919, King's Ward, Watford Urban p77, No 4731

Title: 1919 Electoral Register 203 Chester Road Watford

Description: Autumn 1919 Electoral Register for King's Ward, Watford Urban, Parliamentary County of Hertfordshire, Watford Division, which shows George Pratt registered to vote at 203 Chester Road, Watford. He was shown there as an Absent Naval/Military Voter in Spring 1919 and subsequent records show him still there until 1928. His wife Alice Maud is also shown there from Spring 1922 until the final record in the set in 1930.

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Additional: His name fits and, in Electoral Registers from Spring 1922 his wife Alice Maud is also named. It is not clear why he is not shown there in 1929 and 1930 as his death is believed to have been registered in 1937.

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ID: 9183512

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1937/1/AZ/000963/002

Additional: His name fits. His age fits with his Birth record and the Registration District with earlier Electoral Registers and his widow's 1939 Register entry. Her status as a Widow in the 1939 Register supports this date of death. It is not clear why he was not on Electoral Register entries with his wife in 1929 and 1930, but no other possible registration of death has been found.

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ID: 9183536

Name: 203 Chester Road, Watford, Schedule 32.1

Title: 1939 Register entry Widow and Family

Description: 1939 Register entry for George's widow Alice M B Pratt b. 25th July 1881, Daily Domestic House Work, their daughter Phyllis N J b. 24th July 1924, a Shoe Shop Assistant and two others for whom the 1939 Register remains closed, living at 203 Chester Road, Watford.

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Additional: This is the address at which George and Alice Maud were registered to vote in the 1920s. Although Alice's 3rd initial is recorded B not D, her name otherwise fits and her status as a widow fits with George's Death record. Phyllis' name, initials and date of birth fit her birth record, on which her mother's maiden name was shown, matching her mother's surname on her parents' Marriage record.

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ID: 9183541

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/M/1945/2/AZ/001157/055

Additional: Records the marriage of George's daughter Muriel M M Pratt. Her name and initials match her Birth record. The Registration fits with the family's abode in Watford in the 1939 Register. Although she is not named on this, she is likely to be one of the people at the family address for whom the Register remains closed.

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ID: 9183628

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1989/7/77524538

Additional: Records the death of George's daughter Muriel Margaret M Roberts b. 6.7.1921. Her Christian names and date of birth fit with her Birth record. Her surname fits with her Marriage record.

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ID: 9183633

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/M/1947/3/PZ/000080/086

Additional: Records the marriage of George's daughter Phyllis. Her name and initials fit with her Birth record and the Registration District fits with the family's residence in Watford. A later addition to her 1939 Register entry is 'Goodman'.

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ID: 9183637

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1990/2/77866349

Additional: Records the death of George's daughter Phyllis Nancy J b. 24.7.1924. Her Christian names and date of birth fit with her Birth record. Her surname fits with her Marriage record and her date of birth fits with her 1939 Register entry.

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ID: 9183650

Name: Grenadier Guards, #13697, Gdsn Pratt, George

Title: Medal and Award Roll image

Description: Medal and Award Roll image for Guardsman George Pratt #13697, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

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Additional: His name and military details of regiment and service number fit the seed record for this life story.

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ID: 9183662

Name: Pratt, George, 1st G Gds, Pte #13697

Title: Medal Roll Index Card image

Description: The Medal Roll Index Card image for Private George Pratt, #13697, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards who first served overseas 6th October 1914 and was awarded the 1914 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

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Additional: His name fits and his military details - regiment and service number - fit the seed record for this life story.

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ID: 9183678

Name: 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards, #13697, Private, Pratt, G.

Title: Medal and Award Roll image 1914 Star

Description: Medal and Award Roll image for Private G Pratt #13697 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, awarded the 1914 Star for overseas service from 6th October 1914.

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Additional: His name fits and the military details of his regiment and service number fit the seed record for this life story.

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ID: 9183679

Title: The Little Gaddesden Roll of Honour

Description: The Roll of Honour, which hangs in St Peter & St Paul's Church, Little Gaddesden and lists 119 names of those from Little Gaddesden, Ringshall and Hudnall who served in the 1914 – 1918 War. Men who have answered their country’s call in defence of a “Scrap of Paper”. George’s entry reads: PRATT, George, 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards.

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ID: 9183713

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1886/4/AZ/000446/232

Additional: Records the birth of George's brother Mark. His name, year and quarter of birth fit with the family's 1891 and 1901 Census returns. The Registration District fits with the family's abode at St Margaret's, which was then in Ivinghoe parish.

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ID: 9183718

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1892/3/AZ/000463/347

Additional: Records the birth of George's brother William. His name, year and quarter of birth fit with the family's 1891 and 1901 Census returns. The Registration District fits with the family's abode at St Margaret's, which was then in Ivinghoe parish.

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ID: 9183741

Name: Dorset Marriage Transcriptions, Lilliput, Mark Pratt & Mary Ann White 11 Nov. 1911

Title: Marriage of Brother Mark

Description: Marriage solemnised at the Church of the Holy Angels, Lilliput, Dorset, November 11th 1911, between Mark Pratt, 24, Batchelor, son of Charles Pratt and Mary Ann White, 25, Spinster, daughter of Samuel White.

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Additional: Records the marriage of George's brother Mark. His name and his father's name fit those of George's father and brother in their 1891 and 1901 Census returns. His age also fits with those Census returns.

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ID: 9183746

Name: Braidley Lodge, St Clair Road, Poole, Dorset, Schedule 306.1

Title: 1939 Register entry Brother Mark

Description: 1939 Register entry for George's brother Mark b. 29th October 1886, a Chauffeur Gardener, his wife Mary Ann b. 27th August 1886 and their son Ronald William b. 14th November 1921, a Newsagent Shop Assistant, living at Braidley Lodge, St Clair Road, Poole, Dorset.

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Additional: Mark's name fits George's brother Mark. His date of birth fits with his Birth record and the family's Census returns. His wife's Christian names fit with their Marriage record, which also showed his father Charles' name. Mark and his wife are living in Poole, Dorset, where they had married.

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ID: 9183962

Title: George Pratt Prisoner of War Record p1

Description: This page confirms his name, regiment and service number.

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Additional: This fits with the entry in George's Service Record which states that he was Missing in Action 27th October 1914 and that he was reported Prisoner of War by the War Office, WO 952.

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ID: 9184040

Title: George Pratt PoW Record p2

Description: Further information relating to Soldier 13697 George Pratt, 1st Grenadier Guards 4th Company, taken prisoner and missing. His wife's name and address at 203 Chester Road, Watford is given. The image shows that he was taken at Ypres and interned at Munster. He was also held at Kriegegefangenen-Lager Gottingen. The two PA forms which clearly relate to him are dated 1915 and there is a note indicating communication with his family 21st January 1915.

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Additional: His name, regiment and service number fit the seed record for this life story. His wife's name and their address fit his Service record.

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ID: 9266753

Name: No 1 Little Heath, Potten End, Berkhamsted R.D., Schedule 12.1

Title: 1939 Register entry Brother William

Description: 1939 Register entry for George's brother William E Pratt b. 6th August 1892, a Gamekeeper, his wife Barbara b. 13th August 1892, their son Charles R Pratt b. 23rd April 1920, a Plumber, and one other for whom the 1939 Register remains closed, living at No 1 Little Heath, Potten End, Berkhamsted R.D.

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Additional: William's name and date of birth fit George's younger brother in the family's 1901 and 1911 Census returns. His date of birth also fits with his Birth record.

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ID: 9266785

Name: Spring 1919, Little Gaddesden, p4, No 253 William Edgar Pratt

Title: 1919 Electoral Register Home Farm Cottages Parents and Brother William

Description: Spring 1919 Electoral Register for Little Gaddesden, Parliamentary County of Hertfordshire, Hemel Hempstead Division, which shows George's brother William Edgar Pratt as an Absent Naval & Military Voter of Home Farm Cottages, Little Gaddesden, where his father and step-mother Charles and Ann are also registered to vote - see p2.

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Additional: William's full name fits George's brother William Edgar. Their father and step-mother, whose names fit with those in the 1911 Census, are registered at the same address.

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ID: 9372060

Title: Grenadier Guards WW1 Cap Badge

Description: Cap badge of the Granadier Guards in which George Pratt served.

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Additional: George's service in this regiment is confirmed in his Service Record.

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ID: 9372068

Title: 1914 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Description: The 1914 Star (left) awarded to those who served with the B.E.F. in France or Belgium between the outbreak of war and midnight 22nd/23rd November 1914, but not necessarily under fire or within range of enemy mobile artillery. Those who were entitled to this medal were also entitled to the British War Medal (centre) and Allied Victory Medal (right).

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