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PRISSICK, Wilfred

Prissick, Wilfred

Rank: Private

Year of death: 1918

Date of birth: 1900(Hull)

Date of death: 4 Nov 1918

Place of death: Killed in action

Service number: 58304

Regiment: 2/4 York and Lancashire Regiment, 24th Hallamshire (TF) Battalion

Medals: British war and victory medals

Cemetery location: Manor Road Section N Kerbs

Where remembered?:
Grave, West Side Main Path Neuf-Mesnil Communal Cemetery, Nord Department, France (One of only three commonwealth burials in the cemetery. The other two men were with the Yorkshire Light Infantry)
War Memorial All Saints St, Hull (All Saints Street)

Biographical Information

Family moved to Scarborough between 1900 and 1901. Brothers Harold, Ernest, Norman, Albert, Lawrence (Cyril, died 1910) and two sisters.
Returned to Hull. Worked at Humber Street Fruit Market.
Enlisted Feb 1917. To France Aug 1917.
Parents Edward (b Hull) Harriet (b Brigg, Lincs)

Inscription

In/loving memory of/Cyril/the beloved son of/E F and H Prissick/died Dec 31 1910/aged 7 years/God be with you till we meet again/also Wilfred son/killed in action Nov 4th 1918/aged 18