World War 1
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William Pringle
Forename(s):
William
Surname:
Pringle
Initial(s):
W
Service Number:
168039
Rank:
Gunner
Regiment:
Royal Field Artillery, 340th Battery, 44th Brigade
Died:
14/09/1918
Aged:
20
Buried:
Roisel Community Cemetery Extension.
Service History:
At the outbreak of war, Pringle was just 16. He enlisted at Morpeth, Northumberland.
44th Brigade saw service in France until it was withdrawn to England in early 1917, to prepare for transfer to Egypt, where it took part in the invasion of Palestine.
However, a move back to the Western Front took place in April 1918. There, it played a role in the so-called 'Hundred Days Offensive', in which the Allies eventually pushed the German armies out of France. It took part in the Second Battle of the Somme & the Battle of the Hindenburg Line, & it was in this period that Pringle met his death.
(Source: 'The Valley Remembers'; Edited by Sandy Hunter; Upper Coquetdale WW1 Project; 2014; p. 24)
Background:
Born about 1898, at Burradon, Rothbury, Northumberland, the son of John (b. about 1870; a Stonemason) & Elizabeth Ann Pringle (b. about 1875), of Netherton, Harbottle, Morpeth.
Local Memorial:
Alwinton, St. Michael & All Angels' Church
Rothbury War Memorial
(Source: newmp.org.uk)