World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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James Sanderson Pratt
Forename(s):
James Sanderson
Surname:
Pratt
Initial(s):
J S
Service Number:
7Z/770
Rank:
Able Seaman
Regiment:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Naval Division, Howe Battalion
Died:
28/10/1917
Aged:
30
Buried:
Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge
Service History:
Joined the Collingwood Battalion of the Royal Naval Division, in October 1914.
Transferred to the Howe Battalion, & served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the Dardanelles from May, 1915. Took part in the fighting there on 4 June.
Towards the end of the year Pratt was sent to Malta Hospital, suffering from septic poisoning & jaundice. Subsequently proceeded to France in May, 1916. Wounded on the Somme in November of the same year, & invalided home.
Rejoined his unit on 9 April 1917, at Blandford, Dorset. Returned to France on Easter Monday, 1917, & died at No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station, near Poperinghe, 28 October following.
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-18'; Part 4; Page 161)
Background:
Born 20 March 1887, at Sunderland, County Durham, the eldest son of the late Councillor Andrew Dryden Pratt, J.P., of 9, Bede Street, Amble, Northumberland (Elementary Schoolmaster), by his wife, Jane, daughter of Charles Rogers.
Educated at Radcliffe Church of England School, Amble.
Pre-enlistment occupation: Apprenticed to the Building Trade.
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-18'; Part 4; Page 161)
Local Memorial:
Amble War Memorial