PRITCHARD, Wilfred Prestley

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

Gunner Wilfred Pritchard, from Bedford, died on 17 January 1942 of wounds inflicted on 27 December 1941 during operations at Vaagso, Norway.

Sources
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.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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