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Record #23443

Name :: : Joseph PRITCHARD (1892 - 1918)
aka : Private Pritchard
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 5 Jul 1892
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 8 Aug 1918 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Liverpool

Wavertree, St. Bridget

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Somme, Marcelcave

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 24 Feb 1907
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Victorian
Placement Family: : Mills

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Louisa Birt and the Liverpool Sheltering Home
Agency: : Louisa Birt

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Joseph Pritchard.

1891 English Census records place the family of Ellen and Samuel Pritchard in Wavetree, Lancashire, England. In residence were their two sons Alfred (4) and James (2). Samuel was a Platelayer by trade.

Liverpool, England, Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Joseph Pritchard
Baptism Date: 31 Aug 1892
Parish: Wavertree, St Bridget
Father's Name: Samuel Pritchard
Mother's Name: Ellen Pritchard
Reference Number: 283 BDT/2/2

1901 English Census records place widowed Samuel Pritcher in Wavertree, Lancashire, England. In residence were his sons Alfred (15), James (12), Joseph (8) and Herbert W (5). Samuel was a Carter by trade.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: PRITCHARD
Given Name: Joseph
Age: 14
Sex: M
Ship: Victorian
Year of Arrival: 1907
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1907-02-15
Arrival Port: Halifax
Arrival Date: 1907-02-24
Party: Liverpool Sheltering Home, Mrs. Birt
Destination: Knowlton, Quebec
Comments: See also reels C-4690 & T-531
Notes: The child's given name was illegible or difficult to decipher
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1b
Microfilm: T-501
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1911 Canadian Census records place Joseph Pritchard as a Domestic in the household of Matilda and James Mills in Wilberforce, Renfrew, Ontario. He was 16 years of age born in Jul 1895 and immigrated from England about 1907.

Attestation papers were signed 12 Oct 1916 in Renfrew, Ontario. Joseph Pritchard was born 5 Jul 1896 in Liverpool, England. He was a labourer in Wilbertforce, Renfrew County, Ontario. His Next of Kin was his brother, Herbert Pritchard of the 130th O/S Battalion, C.E.F. 5'2" in height with grey eyes and brow hair, he had a mole over his left clavicle and a mole two inches below his spine of scapula on his left side. His religion was listed as Church of England.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he was previously reported missing, and then Killed in Action. Shortly after leaving the 'Jumping off' trench during the attack on Marcelcave he was killed by enemy machine gun fire. A photograph of his grave was sent to H. Pritchard of Sprucedale, Ontario in 1922. He was buried in Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, Picardie, France. Plot: I. D. 9.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56181026

ContributorsCreated : 2013-12-18 08:31:13 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-18 08:31:39 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3004	AARON, Alfred Robert	1899	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3003	AARON, John Richard	1895	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3121	ACKERLEY, John	1888	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1900 : Vancouver	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
3122	ACKERLEY, Thomas William	1886	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1900 : Vancouver	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
3163	ADAIR, Millicent	1880	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jul 1897 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
9868	ADAMSON, John	1897	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jun 1906 : Victorian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3970	ADDISON, Florence	1893	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1908 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
9143	ADDY, Albert William H.	1893	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Feb 1907 : Victorian	CAN	Louisa Birt
17080	ADGEY, Robert Hugh	1885	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
5658	AINSWORTH, Ellen	1895	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5662	AINSWORTH, Mary	1896	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5048	ALLAN, Robert	1914	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
20154	ALLEY, Clara Celia	1894	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
20159	ALLEY, Emma	1891	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
6312	ALLEY, Henry Herbert	1896	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
17067	ANDERSON, Charles Francis Walker	1893	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jun 1911 : Grampian	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
14556	ANDERSON, Charlotte	1871	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1885 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
5072	ANDREWS, Hugh	1912	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Aug 1926 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
6286	ANNING, Gertrude Annie	1892	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
10453	ARMSTRONG, Lillian	1908	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Sep 1923 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
8510	ASHDOWN, George	1891	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
9779	ASPINALL, Christmas	1878	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
4939	AUSTIN, William	1909	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
4757	BAINES, Evelyn Mary	1911	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
4893	BARR, George L	1911	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1925 : Aurania	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
17168	BARRY, David Benjamin	1887	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jun 1900 : Parisian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
18110	BARRY, Margaret	1889	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jun 1900 : Parisian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
8269	BATEY, Harold	1913	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
5076	BEATTIE, Leslie	1911	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Aug 1926 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
4454	BEATTIE, William	1916	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1931 : Antonia	CAN	Salvation Army
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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