Wallace Reginald Pratt
Memorial: Cromhall - St Andrews Church
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 29067
Parents: Annie Emily Pratt (single mother). Grandson of Daniel & Eliza A Pratt (nee Hobbs)
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: Bibstone Cottages, Cromhall, Charfield, Gloucestershire Lived: 1901 and 1911 Census record Wallace living in Cromhall.
Pre-war occupation: Grocer
Date of birth: 1893
Place of birth: Cromhall
Date of death: 24/08/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: No known grave – commemorated Thiepval Memorial, France
Age: 23
Further information:
On the 1901 Census, Wallace is recorded with his mother Annie. They lived in his Grandfathers (Daniel Pratt) house. By the 1911 census, both still lived with Daniel, but Wallace has a younger sister (or half sister) Edith Amy born 1903. Annie is listed on both Census records as single.
Wallace Reginald served with the 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment and was Killed in Action on 24/08/1916.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.
Forces War Records.