Name
Herbert Charles Pryce
10 June 1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/08/1918
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
200665
Tank Corps
3rd (Light) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE QUESNEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
A. 46.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
All Saints Church Memorial, Leavesden, Leavesden Green War Memorial
Pre War
Herbert Charles Pryce was born on 10 June 1897, the son of Charles and Agnes Pryce, and was baptised on 30 July 1897 at Leavesden, Herts.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Garston, Watford, Herts, (part of the parish of All Saints, Leavesden), where his father was working as a gardener (domestic). By 1911 they had moved to The Lodge, St Pancras Schools, Watford Rural, Herts.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Watford and initially was sent to France on 16 August 1916 with C Company, Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps, later transferring to the 3rd Battalion, Royal Tank Corps.
He was killed in action in France on 8 August 1918 and is buried at Le Quesnel Communal Cemetery, Somme, France.
Biography
Born in Middlesex???
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £10 and pay owing of £15 5s 6d. Pension cards exist giving his father as dependant, and later his mother after his father died. Her address was then recorded as 234 Horseshoe Lane, Garston, Nr Watford. There are no details of the amount of any pension being paid.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
