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Surname: PRATT
Forename(s): James
Place of Birth: Hawes, Yorkshire
Service No: 49716
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 37th Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-04-05
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. G. 8.
CWGC Cemetery: GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GAYLE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
James Pratt was the son of John and Agnes Pratt, née Kirkbride. Both parents were born at Gayle, Yorkshire.
1901 Gayle, Yorkshire Census: Gaits - James Pratt, aged 2 years, born Hawes, Yorkshire, son of John and Agnes Pratt.
1911 Hawes, Yorkshire Census: Bands Farm - James Pratt, aged 12 years, born Hawes, Yorkshire, son of John and Agnes Pratt. [Gayle was the birth place given for all the family, but this was crossed out and replaced with Hawes.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte James Pratt, 49716, Lincolnshire Regiment.
James was killed in an action in which the Battalion padre, the Rev. Theodore Bayley Hardy, VC, DSO, MC. (q.v.), received the first of his four recommendations for the Victoria Cross.
A short biography of James is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Lincolnshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 37th Division
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04 April 1919
PRATT – In loving memory of Pte. James Pratt, 8th Lincoln Regt., who is presumed to have been killed April 5th, 1918.
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
From his Father, Mother, Sisters and Brothers, Bands, Hawes.
09 April 1920
PRATT – In loving remembrance of Pte. James Pratt, 8th Lincoln Regt., reported missing on April 5th, 1918, later presumed killed on that date, in his 20th year.
God takes our loved ones from our homes,
But never from our hearts.
From all at Bands Farm, Hawes.
08 April 1921
PRATT – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Pte. James Pratt, aged 19 years, reported missing April 5th, 1918, afterwards presumed died on that date.
‘Twas hard to part with one so dear,
But God, who knoweth best,
Held out His loving arms and said:
“Come unto Me and rest.”
Ever remembered by his loving Father, Mother, Brothers and Sisters, Bands Farm, Hawes.
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