Basic Details
Surname
Prior
Forenames
Charles Harold
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
1650
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 169 Oundle Road, Peterborough.

(CWGC records that Private Charles Harold Prior, regimental number SS/1650, died aged 20 on 5/11/1914 while serving in 6th Cavalry Brigade HQ of the Army Service Corps, and is commemorated on Panel 56 of Ypres Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. They record him as the son of Jabez and Elizabeth Prior of The Bungalow, Gunthorpe, Peterborough. His birth was registered in Peterborough in 1894. On the 1911 census he was living with his parents Jabez and Elizabeth at 169 Oundle Road, Woodston, Peterborough. The Medal Rolls record that he went to France on 6/10/1914. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he was serving with 6th Cavalry Brigade in 81st Company of the Army Service Corps when he died, that he had enlisted on 11/8/1914, and that his father Jabez was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Army Service Corps
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
Not stated
Country of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated on memorial
Year of death
1914
Month of death
November
Day of death
5
Manner of death as stated
"Died to burns received whilst extinguishing a fire at a Depot in France".
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds