=PRICE, EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307395, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PRICE, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3876), 188494, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PRICE, PHILIP FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2434),
297773, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PRICHARD, FREDERICK GILES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., 3rd _s._ of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard, M.A., Rector
of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of William
McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire; _b._ Whalley
Vicarage, co. Lancaster, 23 Aug. 1891; educ. Heswall (Miss Gore);
Lindley Lodge, Nuneaton; Marlborough College, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Yorkshire Regt., 4 March,
1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 Aug. 1914; served one year in England,
and subsequently three years in India at Tezpur, Fyzabad, Kailana, and
Kamptee; returned to England on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went
to France, 15 Jan. 1915; was invalided home, suffering from frostbite,
19 Feb. following, but rejoined his regt. at the end of April; was
severely wounded in the head and in six places in limbs and body as he
was leading a platoon to the trenches on 3 May, within a week of his
rejoining, and died in the Military Hospital, Millbank, London, S.W., 9
Aug. 1915; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. R. G. Prichard, was killed
in action, 27 April, 1915 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Frederick Giles Prichard.=]
=PRICHARD, ROWLAND GEORGE=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. The
Suffolk Regt., yst. _s._ of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard,
M.A., Rector of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane,
dau. of William McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire;
_b._ Thornton-le-Moors Rectory, co. Chester, 23 Sept. 1895;
educ. Lindley Lodge School (Mr. R. S. Lea, M.A.), and Hereford
Cathedral School (where he was for three years in the O.T.C.), and
had been accepted for matriculation at Brasenose College, Oxford,
but war breaking out, obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd
(Reserve) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 15 Aug. 1914. He joined his regt.
at Felixstowe, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France the
same month attd. to the 1st Battn.; took part in the heavy fighting
to the north of Ypres, for 11 days, and was then ordered to join the
composite brigade of survivors, and was killed in action near St.
Julien, 27 April following, while gallantly leading his men against
some German trenches. Buried near St. Julien, in the rear of the
trenches along the Zonnebeke-Ypres Road. When Sir H. Smith-Dorrien
inspected his regt., a few weeks before his death, Lieut. Prichard was
temporarily in command of a company, and his men were highly commended.
His brother, Lieut. F. G. Prichard, died of wounds, 9 Aug. 1915 (see
preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Rowland George Prichard.=]
=PRICHARD, THOMAS LEWIS=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
2nd _s._ of the Rev. Thomas Prichard, Vicar of Amlwch, Anglesey,
and Rural Dean of Twrcelyn, by his wife, Jane; _b._ Penmachno,
co. Carnarvon, 1 Oct. 1881; educ. Friar’s, Bangor; and Trent College,
Nottingham; was made an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 18 Oct. 1900; gazetted
Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 23 Feb. 1901; served in
the South African War, 1901–02, taking part in the operations in the
Transvaal and Orange River Colony, Oct. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and
received the Queen’s medal with four clasps. After his return he joined
the Reserve of Officers, and in 1907 became an Inspector under the
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, but on the outbreak of war rejoined
his old regt.; was gazetted Capt., 2nd Battn., 9 Sept. 1914; went to
France, 12 Aug. 1914, and died at the Allied Forces Base Hospital,
Boulogne, 9 Nov. following, of wounds received in action on 27 Oct.
Buried in Boulogne Cemetery. Capt. Prichard _m._ at the Parish
Church, Waltham St. Lawrence, co. Berks, 26 Aug. 1908, Dorothy (Cae
Synamon, co. Carnarvon), elder dau. of Leopold McKenna, of Honeys,
Twyford, co. Berks, and niece of the Right Hon. Reginald McKenna,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and had two children: Leopold Owen,
_b._ 22 July, 1912; and Cicely Gwladys, _b._ 18 May, 1909.
=PRIDMORE, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 7017, 1st Battn.
Northamptonshire Regt., eldest _s._ of John Pridmore, of Montreal,
Canada, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of George Mason; _b._ Gretten,
co. Rutland, 14 May, 1885; educ. there; enlisted in the Duke of
Cornwall’s L.I. in 1901; served with them in the South African War for
one year; transferred into the Northamptonshire Regt. in 1903, and
after being with the Colours for six years, passed into the Reserve,
and became a Warder at H.M. Prison, Hedon Road, Hull. He was called up
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 1 Nov., and was
killed in action at La Bassée 22 Dec. following, while endeavouring
to save the life of his officer. Buried there. He was mentioned in
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22
June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Sergt.
Pridmore was one of the East Hull Fanciers, showing pigeons and cavies.
He _m._ at the Baptist Church, Hull, 26 Aug. 1911, Mabel (Grindell
Street, Hedon Road, Hull), dau. of John Priestman, of Hull, and had two
daus.: Miriam May, _b._ 13 Jan. 1913; and Florence Edna, _b._
22 July, 1914. His three brothers are now (1916) all on active service;
one in the Scottish Rifles, one in the Border Regt., and another with
the Canadian Contingent.
[Illustration: =George William Pridmore.=]
=PRIMMER, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15993, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRIMO, JOHN JAMES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8281), 293992,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRING, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5035, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PRINGLE, LEONEL GRAHAM, M.V.O.=, Capt., 1st Battn. Highland
L.I., 4th _s._ of the late Commander James Thomas Pringle, of
Torwoodlee, co. Selkirk, R.N., D.L., J.P., by his wife, Ann Parminter
(Southdean, Colinton Road, Edinburgh), only child of the late Col.
Black, 53rd Regt.; _b._ Ilkley, co. York, 27 April, 1880; educ.
Vitzthum Gymnasium, Dresden; Sunningdale School; Radley College, and
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Highland
L.I., 12 Aug. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 1 Aug. 1900, and Capt. 24 June,
1908; joined the 2nd Battn. Highland L.I. in Oct. 1899, and transferred
to the 1st Battn. on receiving his captaincy; left India for France
22 Aug. 1914, but stopped to guard the Suez Canal, arrived in France
4 Dec., was seriously wounded in action at Givenchy on the 19th of
that month, and died a prisoner of war in Lazaret 111, St. Sauveur,
Lille, 29 Dec. following; _unm._ Buried with military honours
in the Southern Cemetery. Lille. Capt. Pringle had qualified as an
interpreter, and was awarded the M.V.O. (5th Class) in 1903.
[Illustration: =Leonel Graham Pringle.=]
=PRIOR, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./10711, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRISMALL, ARTHUR=, Capt., 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s
Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.); _b._ 3 Jan. 1862; educ.
privately; was for over 30 years with the banking firm of Glyn, Mills,
Currie & Co.; joined the 4th Middlesex R.V.C. (West London Rifles)
in 1881, receiving a commission in 1897; retired in 1905, but on the
formation of the Territorial Force in 1907, rejoined, and was gazetted
Capt. 10 Dec. 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with his Battn. in Nov., and was
killed in action during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915.
He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31
May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He
_m._ in 1890, Sarah Russell Thomson (65, Loxley Road, Wandsworth
Common), and had two sons and one dau.
[Illustration: =Arthur Prismall.=]
=PROCTER, CECIL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3377), S.S.
101179, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PROCTER, MIDGLEY=, A.B., (R.F.R., B. 3906), 163930, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=PROCTER, THOMAS=, A.B., 224748, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRODRICK, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8007), S.S.
103747, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PROWSE, ARTHUR ROWLAND=, A.B., J. 3470, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=PRYCE, HUGH BEAUCLERK MOSTYN=, Capt., 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade,
only _s._ of Edward Stisted Mostyn Pryce, of Gunley Hall,
Chirbury, co. Salop, J.P., Montgomeryshire, by his wife, Henrietta
Mary, yst. dau. of Charles William Beauclerk, of Winchfield House,
Hants, D.L., and granddau. of the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Frederick
Beauclerk [4th _s._ of Aubrey, 5th Duke of St Albans]; _b._
at Belmont, near Christchurch, Newport, co. Monmouth, 26 Oct. 1881;
educ. Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. unattd. List, 8 Jan. 1901, and posted to the Rifle Brigade,
9 March following; promoted Lieut. 12 April, 1904, and Capt. 18
Jan. 1911; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in the
operations in the Transvaal, from Jan. to 31 May, 1902, and in those in
the Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, Jan. 1902 (Queen’s medal with
four clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders
from 26 Jan. to 19 March, 1915, on which latter date he died at No. 2
Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, of wounds received in action on
the 16th during the Battle of St. Eloi. He was shot by a German sniper
after gallantly storming the trenches there. Buried in the Cemetery of
Bailleul; _unm._ Capt. Pryce was a good rider to hounds and a keen
shot, and very popular in his regt. At Eton he was known as cox. of the
Thetis and Prince of Wales boats on the river.
[Illustration: =Hugh Beauclerk M. Pryce.=]
=PRYKE, EDGAR=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269721, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRYOR, ROBERT SELWYN=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. King’s Own
Royal Lancaster Regt., eldest _s._ of Selwyn Robert Pryor, of 19,
Park Crescent, London, W., Merchant, in the firm of Messrs. Cotesworth
& Powell, of 148, Leadenhall Street, E.C., by his wife, Margaret,
dau. of Charles Lloyd Norman, of Bromley Common, Kent; _b._ 13,
Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London, W., 25 Oct. 1895; educ. 13,
Somerset Street, London, W. (Mr. Egerton); Northaw Place, Potter’s
Bar (Rev. F. J. Hall); Eton, where he was in the O.T.C., and Trinity
College, Cambridge, and on the outbreak of war was given a commission
as 2nd Lieut., King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and
promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France, 4 Dec. 1914, and was
killed in action at St. Julien, near Ypres, 1 May following, by a
sniper; _unm._ Buried there.
=PUCKLE, CHARLES EDWARD MURRAY=, 2nd Lieut., 11th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Charles Murray Puckle,
of Upton Grey, Toorak, Melbourne, Australia, Pastoralist, by his wife,
Caroline Amelia, dau. of the late Charles Shuter, Police Magistrate, La
Cote, Greendale, Victoria; _b._ St. Kilda, near Melbourne, 19 Feb.
1887; educ. Melbourne Grammar School; and was a Pastoralist in West
Australia. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914 he at once
volunteered and enlisted in the 1st Australian Division as a Private,
leaving for Egypt in Oct. After five months there and in Lemnos, he
took part in the memorable landing at Anzac Cove, 25 April, 1915.
He was promoted 2nd Lieut. on the field in July, and was killed in
action on the night of 31 July, 1915, leading an attack on the Turkish
trenches. His Col. wrote: “By the dash and gallantry of this storming
party the position was won, although not without many casualties, and
Lieut. Puckle was unfortunately killed while bravely leading his men
across the fireswept zone. I extremely regret the loss to the Battn.
of such an efficient and promising young officer. He was universally
respected and popular with all ranks, and his loss is keenly felt
by all of us.” Lieut. Puckle was mentioned in Despatches by Sir Ian
Hamilton. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles E. M. Puckle.=]
=PUGH, WILLIAM JAMES THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13366, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PULLEN, ALFRED JAMES=, Plumber’s Mate, M. 6553, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PULLEN, GUY HARPER=, 2nd Lieut. Royal Horse Guards, The Blues,
2nd _s._ of Hugh Charles George Pullen, of Messrs. Davidson,
Pullen & Co., Rua de Quitanda, 145, Rio de Janeiro, Merchant, and
gdson. of the late Capt. T. C. Pullen, R.N.; _b._ Rio de Janeiro,
26 Feb. 1889; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and St. Francis Xavier’s
College, Bruges; was afterwards engaged in business in the city of San
Paulo, Estado de San Paulo, Brazil, being well known in the business
circles of both Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo as a thorough sportsman,
and a member of the big clubs of both cities. On the outbreak of war he
came over from Rio to join the Army, and obtained a commission in the
Royal Horse Guards, 10 Nov. 1914. He served with his regt. in France
and Flanders, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres,
in the charge of the Royal Blues, at Verlorenhoken, 13 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Guy Harper Pullen.=]
=PULLEN, PERCY LESLIE=, 1st Class Stoker, K. 13489 (Ports.), R.N.,
5th _s._ of James Pullen, of Bowley Farm, Farm Carter, by his
wife, Charlotte; _b._ Kirdford, co. Sussex, 10 Feb. 1894; educ.
North Mundham, near Chichester; joined the Navy 19 Dec. 1912, and was
lost on H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914; _unm._
=PULLINGER, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 15500, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PULSFORD, FREDERICK THOMAS GEORGE=, Rifleman. No. 2338, 12th
Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of
Frederick Luke Pulsford, of 10, Tradescant Road, South Lambeth Road,
S.W., by his wife, Blanche Bertha, dau. of George Hawke; _b._
London, 26 June, 1897; educ. Westminster City School; volunteered
and joined the Rangers after the outbreak of war, 8 Sept. 1914; went
to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 21
April, 1915. Buried at the back of the trenches there. 2nd Lieut. H.
H. Bentley wrote: “On 21 April your son and his friend Elvin were in
a dug-out at Zonnebeke tending to the pressing wants of a comrade who
was dreadfully wounded. As they busied themselves with him, a German
shrapnel fell into the dug-out and burst. The violence of the explosion
and the deadly hail of shrapnel bullets annihilated all the occupants
of the dug-out, and The Rangers lost two fine soldiers in the painless
heroic deaths of your son and his friend Elvin. It gives me great pain
to have to break this sad yet heroic news to you, because he was always
a great friend of mine and one who always did the utmost of his duty.”
[Illustration: =Frederick T. G. Pulsford.=]
=PUMPHREY, JOHN LAURENCE=, B.A., Trooper, No. 2263, Northumberland
Hussars, Imperial Yeomanry, yr. _s._ of Joseph Pumphrey, of
Hindley Hall, Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Colliery Owner, by his wife,
Frances, dau. of Jonathan Priestman; _b._ Shotley Bridge,
co. Durham, 27 April, 1891; educ. Sedbergh School and Trinity
College, Oxford (graduated B.A. in 1914); volunteered and joined the
Northumberland Hussars after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went
to Belgium with them in the 7th Division early in Oct., and died in
hospital at Ypres, on the 25th of that month, of wounds received in
action during the first Battle of Ypres the previous day; _unm._
The Hussars were dismounted and advancing to attack when he was shot
through the head. Buried in Ypres Cemetery. His Major wrote: “He was
one of the best and was enormously liked by officers and men alike. He
always did his bit and a bit extra.” While at Sedbergh he was head of
the school, and in the O.T.C. both there and at Oxford, where he took
a 3rd class in Moderates and a 3rd in Greats. He played Rugby for his
College and was President of the College Athletics in 1913.
[Illustration: =John L. Pumphrey.=]
=PUNCHARD, EDMUND ELGOOD=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt.
(21st Brigade, 7th Division), 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Elgood George
Punchard, D.D., Honorary Canon of Ely, by his wife, Catherine Mary,
dau. of Joseph Johnson; _b._ Luton, co. Beds, 21 Oct. 1890;
educ. Haileybury (1902–08) and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
(1909–10); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Bedfordshire Regt., 5 Oct. 1910,
and promoted Lieut., 11 June, 1912; left Southampton, 4 Oct. 1914;
returned to Dover, because of submarines, 6 Oct.; left again and
arrived at Zeebrugge, 7–8 Oct.; Bruges (St. Croix), marched from 4 to
8 p.m., 8 Oct.; left for Coq-sur-Mer, arriving at 2.30 p.m., bivouac
at Uytkirke, 9 Oct.; left for Ostend, 5 a.m., 4 p.m. ordered back to
Bruges, arriving 8 p.m., 10 Oct.; retreated to Beernem, 4 to 8 p.m., 11
Oct.; to Coolscamp, 7.30 a.m., 12 Oct.; to Roulers, 13 Oct.; to Ypres,
9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., 14 Oct.; entrenched at Halte, on Menin-Ypres
road, 15 Oct.; skirmish with Uhlans, at Gheluvelt, 16 Oct.; Gheluvelt,
Battle of Ypres begun, 17 Oct.; left at 4.30 a.m. for Baecleare,
arriving 7.30 p.m., advanced to Terhand, 18 Oct.; Terhand, retired
to Gheluvelt, 19 Oct.; under heavy fire till dusk, moved out towards
Baecleare, and entrenched, 20 Oct.; returned to Gheluvelt, in trenches,
21 Oct.; under heavy fire, worst at 3.30 p.m., 22 Oct.; shelled from 8
p.m., two Bedford officers killed, first Army Corps expected, 23 Oct.;
fusilade, 6 a.m., seventh day of battle, third in trenches (night and
day) unrelieved, 24 Oct.; reinforced by Highland L.I. and King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, 25 Oct.; brigade hard pressed, retired to Hooge,
26 Oct.; advanced again towards Gheluvelt, bivouac at Kruiseck, 27
Oct.; shelled all day in trenches from 9 a.m., opposed by three German
Army Corps, 28 Oct.; shelled at dawn, Yorks and Gordons retreated
on Zandvorde-Gheluvelt road, trenches recovered, 29 Oct.; fight on
Menin-Gheluvelt road and in the woods, 30 Oct.; trenches shelled from
2 a.m. to 1 p.m., ordered out of trenches at 4 p.m., advanced up the
hill, over turnip field, by wood of Zandvorde, the ridge won, 31 Oct.
He was killed in this attack, being shot at the head of his platoon;
_unm._ The following day 300 survivors from the battn. mustered
under the one officer left. Lieut. Punchard was buried at Kruiseck,
near Gheluvelt. He was mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 18 Feb.] 1915 for
distinguished service in the field.
=PUNSHON, HAROLD FINLAY=, Corpl., No. 2126, 8th Battn. Durham
L.I. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Thomas Punshon, of Ashley Terrace,
Chester-le-Street, co. Durham, by his wife, Agnes Kershaw, dau. of the
late Richard Finlay; _b._ Chester-le-Street, 23 Feb. 1892; educ.
Higher Grade School, Gateshead; was employed at the Priestman Colliery
Office; joined the Durham L.I. Territorials in April, 1912; was in
training in camp when war was declared in Aug. 1914, and volunteered
for foreign service; went to France, 19 April, 1915, and was killed
in action near Ypres on the 26th, being shot by a sniper; _unm._
Buried about half a mile S.E. of St. Julien. Capt. John Turnbull in a
letter to his brother wrote: “I regret very deeply to have to inform
you that your poor brother Harry was killed on Monday the 26th. I was
not with him when he met his death, but saw him an hour before, when, I
am sure you will be proud to know, he was doing his bit in a splendidly
cool manner, under most trying circumstances. I got separated from the
body of men with whom he was, but have since learned that he with two
or three other N.C.Os., and a few men were cut off by a large body of
Germans. Some of our chaps had to surrender, but Harry and a few others
made a dash for it and got clear. He was killed soon after this, while
going between trenches with ammunition.”
[Illustration: =Harold Finlay Punshon.=]
=PUNTER, HENRY=, Private, No. G. 282, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey
Regt., _s._ of Frederick Punter, of Send Road, Send, near Woking;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action
at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1911.
=PURCHASE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 4204, 2nd Battn. The
Essex Regt., _s._ of the late (--) Purchase; _b._ 20 Feb.
1876; enlisted in the Essex Regt., 8 May, 1894; served in the South
African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), and with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 22 Aug. 1914 to
1 Nov. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action. Buried at
Armentières. Sergt. Purchase had the Long Service and Good Conduct
medal, and was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of
8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914. He was also awarded the French
Medaille Militaire for conspicuous bravery. He _m._ at St. Thomas
Church, Brentwood, 25, Jan. 1913, Alice Elizabeth (32, Alfred Road,
Brentwood, co. Essex), yst. dau. of Henry Matthews, of Hutton, co.
Essex, and had a son, Frederick Henry, _b._ posthumous, 16 Nov.
1914.
=PURDON, JOHN=, Private, No. 11029, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Whiston, co. Lanark; enlisted 14 Sept. 1914, aged 29; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; wounded and
admitted to No. 23 Field Ambulance, 8 April, 1915; discharged to duty,
14 April; killed in action 16 May following. He _m._ at Glasgow,
19 April, 1912, Grace. (16, Moir Street, Glasgow), dau. of (--)
Suttons, and had a dau.: Grace Catherine, _b._ 10 Dec. 1914.
=PURDY, RICHARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8444), S.S.
104630, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PURNELL, FREDERICK DAVID=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6455), 183408, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea. 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=PURSER, JOSEPH=, Private, S/7043, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
_s._ of F. J. Purser, of 24, Balmore Street, Highgate; died in
Chelsea Hospital, 18 Jan. 1915, of tetanus, contracted while mobilised
for service.
=PURVIS, LIONEL=, Sergt., No. 17, F. Coy., 14th Battn. (The London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Prior Purvis,
of 16, The Grove, Blackheath, S.E., Surgeon, by his wife, Frances
Mary, dau. of William Vaughan; _b._ Greenwich, S.E., 19 July,
1873; educ. Roan School there; was a Furniture Manufacturer; joined
the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers, 7th Middlesex, 12 Nov. 1894;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to France 14 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines, 1
Nov. following; _unm._ He won many prizes at Bisley and elsewhere,
and was 7th in the King’s Prize Competition at Bisley in 1904; he was
also twice a member of the winning team for the Daily Telegraph Cup.
[Illustration: =Lionel Purvis.=]
=PUTTERGILL, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5206), S.S. 1844, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=PUTTICK, JAMES FREDERICK=, A.B., J. 8750, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.