Owen Prandle
CWGC Record:
PRANDLE, O | Private | 2355 | 19/07/1915 | Cheshire Regiment | United Kingdom | I. G. 17. | SPOILBANK CEMETERY |
Owen Prandle was born in 18851 He married Florence Griffiths in 19082
In 1911 they were living at 5 Gladstone Avenue, Chester:
Owen Prandle aged 25 Railway Clerk born Chester
Florence Prandle aged 23 born Belington [?] Cheshire
They had three children3:
Owen H Prandle born 1911
Arthur L Prandle born 1913
William H Prandle born 1914
Military Hospital Records:
Admitted to hospital at Ypres in May 1915 with Influenza; O Prandle 2355 D Coy 5th Battalion Cheshire Regiment; Admitted 19.7.1915; Died of gunshot wounds 19.7.1915.
2355 Private Owen Prandle served in France from 15.2.1915. He died of wounds 19.7.19154
He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal, and the 1914-15 Star4
The following notice appeared in the Chester Chronicle of 31.7.1915:
‘Villagers will regret to hear of the death of Owen Prandle reported as having been killed at the front. He was a member of Kelsall Church Choir and resided at Ashton but before enlistment he was employed at the Railway Station, Chester. He leaves a widow and three young children’
Owen Prandle made a two line will:
‘In the event of my death I give the whole of my property and effects to my wife Florence Prandle
Signed Owen Prandle No. 2355 Private 1/5th Battn Cheshr Regt Dated this Tuesday the 6th day of July 1915’5
[He died thirteen days later and one can only wonder about the circumstances under which this will was written]
He is buried at Spoilbank Cemetery, at West-Vlaandeven, Belgium; it is located 3 miles south of Ypres.
NOTES
- Birth: June Q 1885 (Chester 8a 418)
- Marriage: Sept Q 1908 (West Derby 8b 806)
- Owen: Sept Q 1911 (Chester 8a 769), Arthur: June Q 1913 (Chester 8a 672), William: Sept Q 1914 (Chester 8a 690)
- Medal Rolls
- Cheshire Wills. Probate was granted to Florence Prandle at Chester in September 1915.
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