Basic Details
Surname
Prior
Forenames
George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 'Late of Windmill Street, Peterborough'. It states he died on 19/4/1917, which differs from official records.

(CWGC records that Private George Prior, regimental number 907538, died aged 33 on 9/4/1917 serving in 5th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry, and is commemorated on Vimy Memorial. They record him as the son of George Thomas and the late Sarah Prior. George's attestation form on the Library and Archives Canada website records that he was born on 7/2/1887 in "Deem, Bedford, England"; he was living in Saskatchewan when he enlisted on 28/3/1916. His next of kin was his sister, Mary Prior of Shawingan, Newton Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire. On the 1891 census George had been aged 7, living with his parents George T and Sarah Prior at The Grange, Central Wingland, Lincolnshire; his place of birth was recorded on that census as "Dean, Bedfordshire". On the 1901 census he had been aged 17, lodging at 216 Cromwell Road in Peterborough; his place of birth was given on that census as Deane, Northamptonshire).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Canadian Army
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Vimy Ridge
Country of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated on memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
19
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 19 April 1917 [sic] at Vimy Ridge"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action