PRETTY Alexander

  • First Name(s):
    Alexander 
  • Surname:
    PRETTY
  • Service Number:
    21370
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    6th August 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey, Panel 104 to 113.
  • Place of Birth:
    Bradley Green, Worcestershire, resident Feckenham, Worcestershire, enlisted Redditch, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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PRETTY Alexander Is Named On These Memorials

Feckenham St John the Baptist Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Listed on the memorial as Alick Pretty.

Further Information About PRETTY Alexander

The following report appears in the Worcester Daily Times, Friday 10th March 1916:
Official information has been received by Mr & Mrs C Pretty of Droitwich Road, Feckenham, that their son, Private A Pretty, 4th Worcestershire, 29th Division, was killed at the Dardanelles on August 6th 1915.  Private Petty’s parents had been informed last September that their son was missing, since when, however, they had no tidings of him.  He joined the forces in January last year, and after a brief training was sent with his regiment to the Dardanelles in July.  The deceased soldier was 23 years of age.

Alexander Pretty has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Worcestershire Regiment Panel on Helles Memorial.

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