Michael Alan Pratt (1919-1944)

Soldier

Service No:	247458
Rank:	Lieutenant
Squadron:	C
Role:	Troop Leader
Known as:	Mike
KIA:	18 Jul 1944
Commemorated:	Bayeux Memorial, Panel 8, Column 1. [Panel] 23H Memorial, Bridlington Priory [Panel] Windsor Cemetery [Memorial]
Awards:	Mentioned in Dispatches
Mentioned in:	War Diary 19 Oct 1942 23H Story Page 52, Page 58, Page 79, Page 270 Bishop Page 38 Casualty List Record 1, Record 2
Images:	[Photo 1] [Photo 2]
Documents:	Letters written by Mike's colleagues to his father regarding his son's disappearance: Letter 1 from Major Cecil Blacker Letter 2 from Major Cecil Blacker Letter 3 from Sgt Duncan Craig

Civilian

Birth:	registered Dec 1919 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Parents

Oscar Stanley Pratt, DSO	Ivy Gertrude Sharpe
Surveyor and Land Agent. 12 Norton Way, Letchworth, Hertfordshire (1939). Birth 4 Aug 1888 in Eton, Berkshire. Death registered Mar 1967 in Windsor, Berkshire. Major, 19th later 16th Battalion. Middlesex Regiment, WWI.	Birth 14 Sep 1887 in Windsor, Berkshire.
Marriage registered Jun 1915 in Windsor, Berkshire.

Notes

Mike was an only child.

His father was a Major in the 18th Battalion (Public Works, Pioneers), Middlesex Regiment during WWI. He was awarded the DSO "For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Italy".