Date of birth:

October 29th, 1905

Date of death:

March 28th, 1976

Service number:

38573

Nationality:

British

Pritchard was educated at Sherborne and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, joining the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1927 and was ADC to the Governor and C in C Gibraltar from 1931 to 1932. In the period before the war he was Adjutant of the RWF Depot and went to the Staff College at Camberley. Thereafter he served as Adjutant of the 53rd Welsh Division, CO of the 6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (which became a Parachute Battalion after landing at Normandy and serving in the early Normandy campaign. He served in Nort Africa, France, Greece and Palestine, commanding the 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group from 1943 to 1946.
He Commanded Airborne Establishments 1946-48 and retired in 1949. He was a D.L. and Justice of The Peace for Merioneth and also High Sheriff of Merioneth from 1956-58.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Temporary Brigadier

Unit:

2nd Independent Parachute Brigade, Royal Welch Fusiliers, British Army

Awarded on:

March 15th, 1945

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Temporary Brigadier

Unit:

2nd Independent Parachute Brigade, Royal Welch Fusiliers, British Army

Awarded on:

January 16th, 1948

"He served as commander of the first landing 68 parties for the liberation of Salonica. Through his untiring and continuous efforts he offered our country invaluable aid in the task of establishing order in the first days of liberation. He furthermore laid the foundation for the reorganization of the Greek Authorities in the town."

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