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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One

Private 23350 John Thomas PRICKETT - 7th Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry


Killed in Action Wednesday, May 9th, 1917 aged 23

 Pvt Prickett CWGC grave150  Doiran MC150
 Military History

Theatre

Salonika

Action/Battle/Other

Second Battle of Doiran

Place of Death

Lake Doiran, Serbia

 

Medals

British War and Victory Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

Feburary 1916 at Banbury

 

Commonwealth War Graves Page

Doiran Military Cemetery

SWFHS War Memorial(s)

Shotteswell

Other War Memorial(s)

 

Previous Regiments/Units

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Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The war diary is not available but it is known that the 7th Battalion took part in an unsuccessful attempt to capture Bulgarian Lines near La Tortue and Lake Dorian in Serbia. John was one of the hundreds of casualties that day. Click here for a diary entry from an officer, Captain Salvesen, describing the events over the days of the battle.
 Personal & Family History

Birth Date & Place

Oct Qtr 1893 at Little Bourton

Baptism Date & Place

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Parents

John and Ada Prickett of Shotteswell

Wife & Marriage

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Children

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Occupation(s)

  • 1911 - Assistant in family bakery

Schools & Colleges

 

Address History

  • 1901 - The Red Lion, Horley
  • 1911 - Shotteswell
  • 1917 - Shotteswell

Other Information

 

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