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We remember Percy Pritchard
Timeline
Timeline
1896
1914
enlistment
Source:6877830
1914
employment
Tailor Assistant
Source:6877830
service
Air Force (RAF/RFC)
403420
Source:6877830
1996
death
Not War Related
Hereford
United Kingdom
Source:9390498
28th February 1996
Details
Details
Names
| Type | Name |
|---|---|
| First Names | Percy |
| Initials | P |
| Last Name | Pritchard |
| Source | 6877830 |
Gender
| Gender | Source |
|---|---|
| Male |
Contribution
Military Service
Military Service
| Service | Number | Unit | Section | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Force (RAF/RFC) | 403420 |
Media
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Percy PritchardIn a studio portrait taken in Northampton, while serving with the Herefordshire Regiment.
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Men of the Herefordshire Regiment Rushen, 8.1915A group of soldiers of the Herefordshire Regiment outside a shop, selling Brasso metal polish, among other things, in Rushden, near Northampton. Percy is believed to be the middle of the three men immediately in front of the shop doorway.Contributed by:
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Percy Pritchard in hospital in Malta.Having been serving in the Dardanelles, Percy was invalided out to Malta suffering from frost-bite.Contributed by:
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Christmas 1915 at Entente Hospital Malta.This shows a group of patients in the Entente Hospital in Malta, sitting down to Christmas dinner. It is not clear whether Percy was in this group or indeed took the photo. He was a keen photographer.Contributed by:
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Percy Pritchard in the Imperial Camel CorpsPercy Pritchard with two camels, while serving with the Imperial Camel Corps, to which he had transferred after serving with the 1st Herefords at Waddinatrun in Egypt.
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Percy Pritchard mounted on a camel.Percy is mounted on a camel at sometime during his 15 months service in the Imperial Camel Corps, initially in Egypt and then patrolling in Sinai.Contributed by:
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Percy Pritchard in Royal Flying Corps uniformThis would appear to be an early portrait of Percy, on joining the RFC flying school in Cairo, sometime, probably, in late 1917Contributed by:
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Percy Pritchard, RFC, on motorcycle combinationThis appears to have been taken in Egypt while either at the RFC flying school or while attached to the Middle East Brigade HQ in 1917 or 1918Contributed by:
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Percy Pritchard in RFC home uniformIn this photo Percy has his corporal's stripes and is in home or European service uniform, and may have been on home leave.Contributed by:
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Percy Pritchard with RFC comradesPercy, in shirt-sleeves, is sitting on a Douglas motorcycle. He and one of his sisters both had Douglases and so it is likely that this was taken on home leave.Contributed by:
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Percy Pritchard pilots a glider circa 1930This photo is included because, as a keen glider pilot in the inter-war years he was well placed to offer his services in WW2 and was commissioned and became the Adjutant and Instructor at a glider flying school, near Hereford, where he trained assault glider pilots.Contributed by:
Philip143493
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Evidence
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Official Records
| Title | Connected by | More information |
|---|---|---|
| British RAF Airmen 1912-1919 | ||
| Medal Index Cards Transcription | Philip143493 |
External Evidence
| Reference | Connected by | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Pritchards Tailors of Hereford website | Philip143493 |
Multimedia
| Title | Connected by | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Percy Pritchard | Philip143493 | |
| Men of the Herefordshire Regiment Rushen, 8.1915 | Philip143493 | |
| Percy Pritchard in hospital in Malta. | Philip143493 | |
| Christmas 1915 at Entente Hospital Malta. | Philip143493 | |
| Percy Pritchard in the Imperial Camel Corps | Philip143493 | |
| Percy Pritchard mounted on a camel. | Philip143493 | |
| Percy Pritchard in Royal Flying Corps uniform | Philip143493 | |
| Percy Pritchard, RFC, on motorcycle combination | Philip143493 | |
| Percy Pritchard in RFC home uniform | Philip143493 | |
| Percy Pritchard with RFC comrades | Philip143493 | |
| Percy Pritchard pilots a glider circa 1930 | Philip143493 |
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