Silas Pritchard
Memorial: Yate - St Mary's Church Lych Gate
Regiment: Devonshire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Lance Corporal 12677
Parents: Evelena Pritchard
Home address: Aberavon, Glamorganshire and Engine Common, Yate, Bristol
Date of birth: 1884
Place of birth: Yate, Bristol
Date of death: 06/09/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 1C.), France
Age: 32
Further information:
Silas Pritchard was the son of Evelena Pritchard and brother to Ernest and Willie. Silas was living in Aberavon, Glamorganshire before the war.
Silas was an Lance Corporal with 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment and was Killed in Action on the 6th September 1916 aged 32.
Silas Pritchard is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC