George Henry Pratley
View George Henry on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
1106
Rank:
Private
Service:
Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars
Origin:
Date of birth:
1891
Date of death:
15 August 1915
Age at Death:
24
Known information
George Henry Pratley was employed as a groom at Ashwell Hall. He was the son of George Pratley of Shakespear Cottage, Sandgate, Kent. When the First World War broke out, George Jnr immediately volunteered and joined the 1st Battalion Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars. His battalion was sent to Egypt to prepare for action in Gallipoli. But George fell sick and was left in Cairo when the battalion set off. He died of pneumonia on 15 August 1915 aged 24. George is buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, grave D.27, and is remembered on Ashwell's war memorial.
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Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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