Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private H. E. Pritlove, 18th Battalion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), late 6th Battalion London Regiment, killed in action, France/Flanders, 31 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (322146 Pte., 6-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Henry Ernest Pritlove) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-140

Henry Ernest Pritlove was born in Hornsey, lived in Kingsway and enlisted at London. He served initially with the 6th Battalion London Regiment. Serving with the 18th Battalion (London Irish Rifles), he was killed in action on 31 August 1918, aged 19 years. He was buried in the Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France. He was the son of Henry Joseph Pritlove (late Queen’s Bays) and Frances Pritlove, of 29 Little Britain, London, E.C.1.