See also
Name:
Stanley Pritchard1
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
8 Jul 1894
Address: 13 Copper Mill Lane
The 1939 Register and his baptismal record give his date of birth and it is assumed that he was born at the address given in the baptismal record.
Baptism:
2 Sep 1894 (age 0)
St Saviour's church4
Address: Walthamstow, Essex
Census (living with parents):
2 Apr 1911 (age 16)
1911 Census - living with parents
Stanley is shown as a messenger in a Drapery Warehouse.
Occupation:
frm 1912 to 1938 (age 17-44)
There are three pieces of evidence which indicate that Stanley served in the merchant navy although there is no firm evidence as to the date he enlisted.
Mercantile Marine Medal Record Card
His Marriage Certificate
The 1939 Register
His marriage certificate gives his occupation as a ship's steward. The 1939 Register says that he is in the Mercantile Marine Reserve having been discharged from the Atranto where he served as a steward on the 28 January 1937 (Discharge Book No 203224). His medal record card shows that he was awarded the Mercantile Marine Medal and the British Ward Medal. The Mercantile Marine Medal was awarded to those who served at sea for at least six months, and on at least one voyage through a danger zone. The British War Medal -was automatically awarded to all recipients of the Mercantile Marine Medal. Service during WW 1. He probably went to sea around the age of 18 having become 'fed up' with working as a messenger in a drapery warehouse.
Occupation:
frm 1947 to 1952 (age 52-58)
gaming machine mechanic; Staines, Middlesex7
His wife's cousin Jack Richmond remembers visiting their house with his mother where Stanley allowed him to play with the pin tables which were in one of the rooms. The room contained a number of pin-ball machines and nothing else. Whether repairing and hiring out pin-ball machines was Stanley's main occupation or a side-line is not known.
Death:
1977 (age 82-83)
Registration District of Kingston on Thames8
1934, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Stanley Prichard and Ethel Maud Kelly
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
8 Sep 1934 (age 40)
Address: Shoreditch, London
The relationship of L. F. Poole to the couple is not known - he was probably a friend of the groom. The other witnessl could have been either her second cousin William or her Uncle William - probably the latter. Apart from the witnesses it is not known for certain who attended the wedding but it is almost certain that her Aunt Alice Dowell who brought her up would have made an effort to do so despite the fact that she was living in Ramsgate and working as a midwife at the time.
1939 Register (Household):
29 Sep 1939 (age 45)
Teddington3
Address: 29, Trowlock Isle
Stanley is working for KCG Areo assembling sparking plugs and Ethel is working as a bookkeeper and secretary at Oriental Carpets. The register is annotated to indicate that Stanley is in the Mercantile Marine Reserve. Unfortunately not all the annotation is visible in the Register scan.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Stanley Prichard and Ethyl M. Kelly, (FMP website). Custom Id: 1934 Q3 Shoreditch Vol. 1c, Page 253; Groom's NameStanley PrichardBride's NameEthel M. Kelly. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Stanley Vincent Prichard, (CRI(E&W) Births Apr-Jun 1901, Volume 4a Page 320). Quarter and Year Apr-Jun 1901Surname PrichardGiven Names StanleyRegistration District Manchester. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
1939 England and Wales census, 29, Trowlock Isle, Teddington, Twickenham, Middlesex, RG101/09251 Item 14 Schedule 169, head of household: Stanley V Prichard, National Archives.
Parish Register for Baptism of Stanley Vincent Prichard, St Saviour, Walthamstow, Essex, 2 September 1894, Essex Record Office.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Stanley Pritchard and Ethel Maud Kelly, (Issued by General Register Office on 22 June 2017 in response to Application No. 8370513-1). Custom Id: MXH 113695; Groom's occupation. Cit. Date: 8 September 1934. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
Mercantile Marine Medal Record Card: Stanley Vincent Pritchard, from 17 January 1920 to 26 March 1921, National Archives.
J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Chapter 3 A Boy in LondonMum took me on a visit to Aunt Ethel's. I remember a red brick house so it was probably in Staines where Jason was born and I remember her husband, Stanley, allowing me to play pin ball on an amusement arcade type machine. There were several pin tables in the room which contained nothing else. The number of table makes it unlikely that it was a hobby so he may have bought and sold machines, or repaired them, or hired them out or perhaps a combination of these things. Whether it was a full or part time occupation is not known. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
England and Wales Death Registration Index, Stanley Vincent Pritchard, Q3 1977, Richmond on Thames, Deaths 1977 Q3 Volume 14 Page 1647, General Register Office.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Stanley Pritchard and Ethel Maud Kelly, (Issued by General Register Office on 22 June 2017 in response to Application No. 8370513-1). Custom Id: MXH 113695; Cit. Date: 8 September 1934. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
J P W Ward, Reminiscences of Alice Eleanor Dowell, (Created 2007 with subsequent additions). Louisa Kelly's children. Cit. Date: 1934. Dowell-Lauderdale Database.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Stanley Prichard and Ethyl M. Kelly, (FMP website). Custom Id: 1934 Q3 Shoreditch Vol. 1c, Page 253; Cit. Date: Q3 1934. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.