PRITCHARD, Wilfred Prestley
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Rank:
Gunner
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
1462653
Died :
Saturday, January 17, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Gunner Wilfred Pritchard, from Bedford, died on 17 January 1942 of wounds inflicted on 27 December 1941 during operations at Vaagso, Norway.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/36 and WO417/38.
Royal Artillery Attestation Register for 1938.
Royal Artillery Casualty Card.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
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