Name
Harry George Prior
7 August 1880
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/10/1917
37
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
S/31936
Rifle Brigade
16th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 145 to 147.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial
Pre War
Harry George Prior was born on 7 August 1880 to Alexander and Hannah Prior, and baptised in Bishop's Stortford on 31 October 1880. His mother died in 1885 and his father married again to Mary Ann Prior in 1887. On the 1891 Census the family were living in Rye Street, Bishop's Stortford. He married Rose Ellen Tuttle at St John, Hoxton, Hackney, London on 29 July 1907. They had a son Harry born in 1908 and a daughter Alice born in 1914. On the 1911 Census the family were living at 1 Provost Dwellings in Hoxton and Harry was working as a Horsekeeper for a brewery.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Shoreditch, London and served with the 16th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade which was raised in the Borough of St Pancras on 2 April 1915. He was killed in action on 23 October 1917 and his body was not recovered for burial.
Additional Information
His widow received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £3 10s. She also received a pension of £1 5s 5d. Brother to William Prior, who served in the Bedfordshire Regiment and died on 6 August 1916. He is named on the Thiepval Memorial in France. N.B. On the Medal Index he is recorded incorrectly as George H Prior.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
