Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Major J. Pragnell, Hampshire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (3172 Sejt. J. Pragnell, 2: Hampshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3172 Cr:-Serjt: J. Pragnell. Hampshire Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. J. Pragnell.) rank partially officially corrected on BWM; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3172 C. Sjt: J. Pragnell. Hants: Regt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (3172 C/Sjt. J. Pragnell. R. Hamps.) mounted court-style as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £400-£500

M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919 (Mesopotamia).

John Pragnell ‘joined the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Artillery at the age of 17, and as a Sergeant in the South African War was present at the Relief of Kimberley. During the Great War he served in the 6th Hampshire Regiment (Territorials) in India and Mesopotamia, and retired in 1930, after 40 years’ service with the Regiment. Since then Major Pragnell has attended regularly the reunion dinners of the War Veterans’ Association.’ (The recipient’s obituary in The Royal Hampshire Regiment Journal, August 1957, refers).

Pragnell was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 101 of April 1909, and served during the Great War as Quartermaster of the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia from 16 September 1917.

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