PRATT, Henry
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Known as:
Harry
Rank:
Gunner
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Newcastle upon Tyne
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
14241716
P.O.W. number:
28396
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, April 7, 1916
Birthplace:
Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland
Died:
1982
Place died:
Newcastle upon Tyne
Henry Pratt, a Police Constable residing in 1939 at Wingrove Gardens, Newcastle upon Tyne, volunteered for the Commandos in 1942. Enlisting on 23 June 1942 he was part of the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre) at Achnacarry and after successfully completing his training was attached to No.6 Commando. Gunner Pratt was reported wounded and a prisoner of war November 1942 during operations in Libya, North Africa.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/55 and WO417/67.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and WO392/21.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/40/321.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/258/1.
The 1939 Register covering Newcastle upon Tyne.
Registers of deaths Newcastle upon Tyne, date registered Jan., Feb., March 1982.
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