Hello Shropshire Family History Society Members,
I'm from Penang,Malaysia.Doing a research and looking for a picture of Edward Pratt (1875-1948) Shrewbury,Shropshire.
Born on 15th February 1875 Shropshire.Son Of Edward Haslope Pratt & Mary Gertrude Burton of Priory, Shrewsbury,Shropshire..Edward Haslope Pratt married 1stly,Annie ?.
Educated at Shrewbury.Entered government civil service in 1890'S Malaya.Served in Malay States Volunteer Rifles from (1902-1915).Served in WW1 - Malayan and Straits Settlements Civil Service.Entered 3rd Battalion Of Devonshire Regiment,He joined them in September-November 1916 Battle Of Somme in France.Wounded and admitted to Queen's Alexandra Military Hospital from 5th-9th December 1916.Joined 9th Servce Battalion Of Devonshire Regiment. Royal Army Service Corps "Syren" Force in Murmansk Front,Russia December 1918-1919.Took up an appointment as district judge,magistrate in Penang.Retired in 1929.He was known as Captain Pratt in Malaya.He returned to Malaya after his retirement in 1930 and joined the lawyer firm in Kuala Lumpur.He went back to England on June 1931.He married Dorothy Eleanor Clow,daughter of Sir George James Clow in 1911. .They lived at The Haven,Torpoint in 1911.They moved to Castletown,Isl of Man and lived in a house 'Cronk-my.-Cree,Arbory Road,Castletown.A member of Canine Society for Easter Show in 1937.Served as legal adviser to the Military Service Division from (1939-1945), Vice-President Of Castletown Branch Of The Manx Legion in 1945.Appointed as Commissioner Care Of Housing And Care Of Old People of Castletown 1946,Chairman of Isle Of Man Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals.He died in 1948 Castletown,Isle Of Man.
She died in 1962 Douglas,Isle Of Man.She left all her possesions to Rachel Margaret Anne Robins.She married ? Coombs.
His siblings :-
i) Rev.George Edward Haslope Pratt (1862-1925) married Marion Francis Hill.
ii) Edith Gertrude Pratt(1875-1943).Unmarried.
iii) Lily Marian Pratt (1877-1931).Unmarried.
iv) Robert Edward Burton Pratt(1882-1934) married Poppie Gwendollen Gard.
v) Dorothy Lingen Pratt(1884-1968).Unmarried.
Hope to hear back from anyone on this forum.
Best wishes,
Winson Saw
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