A Cotton Thread - part 4
Private William Llewellyn Pratt Leicestershire Regiment
The Man William Llewellyn Pratt was born on Sunday 25th July 1886 at The Cape, Warwick, son of Newton Kibler a Shepherd and Anne nee Owens and Baptised at St Marys on 19th September 1886. He was one of seven children, Robert Newton (1882-1967), Sarah Ann (1882-1967), Daniel John (1884-1931), Herbert Henry (1889 – killed in action in France on 20th July 1918 and commemorated on the Soissons Memoria), Richard William (1891-1983) and Susannah 1894 – 1986).
In the census of 1891, the family are shown as living at The Grange, in Foxton, Market Harborough most likely as part of the estate staff as several families are listed of a similar domestic type duty. In 1901 the family were at the same location and William who had finished his schooling and now aged 15 was shown as a ‘Servant (Domestic)’.
The census of 1911 shows the family still at the same address, Newton still Shepherding and William, listed on a separate census sheet working as a Footman, a male domestic worker employed mainly to wait at table or attend a coach or carriage.
Following the start of World War I on 4th August 1914, William enlisted as a Private into the 7th Leicestershire Regiment with service number 25682. William was injured on 6th July 1916, probably as part of the Battle of the Somme that had begun six days earlier and as a result entitled to wear a wound stripe.
William survived the war and awarded the 1914-18 British War Medal and Victory Medal. He returned to his domestic work at the Grange in Foxton and during the second quarter of 1930 aged 44 married Eva Wilkins in Southam.
The 1939 Register shows William aged 53 and Eva still working at the Grange and William now a Butler. It is unknown if he performed any civil defence duties during World War II.
William passed away in Shipston on Stour aged 76 during the first quarter of 1963.
The Story For the story on these medals - see James Henry COTTON
In the census of 1891, the family are shown as living at The Grange, in Foxton, Market Harborough most likely as part of the estate staff as several families are listed of a similar domestic type duty. In 1901 the family were at the same location and William who had finished his schooling and now aged 15 was shown as a ‘Servant (Domestic)’.
The census of 1911 shows the family still at the same address, Newton still Shepherding and William, listed on a separate census sheet working as a Footman, a male domestic worker employed mainly to wait at table or attend a coach or carriage.
Following the start of World War I on 4th August 1914, William enlisted as a Private into the 7th Leicestershire Regiment with service number 25682. William was injured on 6th July 1916, probably as part of the Battle of the Somme that had begun six days earlier and as a result entitled to wear a wound stripe.
William survived the war and awarded the 1914-18 British War Medal and Victory Medal. He returned to his domestic work at the Grange in Foxton and during the second quarter of 1930 aged 44 married Eva Wilkins in Southam.
The 1939 Register shows William aged 53 and Eva still working at the Grange and William now a Butler. It is unknown if he performed any civil defence duties during World War II.
William passed away in Shipston on Stour aged 76 during the first quarter of 1963.
The Story For the story on these medals - see James Henry COTTON
Medal Details:
- 1914-18 British War Medal: 256826 PTE.W.L.PRATT. LEICS. REGT..
- Victory Medal: Erased replacement
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