WILLIAM PRYKE
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 1882, 3, Star Lane, Ipswich.
Died: 16th October 1918; age 36; Died.
Residence: 3, Star Lane, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Private; Service Number: SE/21550
Regiment: Army Veterinary Corps, 3rd Vet. Hospital.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference:
V.F.7.
Wimille,
Pas de Calais,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Mrs L. A. Pryke, of 3, Star Lane, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1891 3, Star Lane, Ipswich.
William was 7 years old and living with his parents, siblings & widowed maternal grandmother.
Richard Pryke, 47, an Iron Striker – Foundry, born London.
Lydia Anne Pryke (nee Rush), 42, born Ipswich.
Eliza May Pryke, 16, a Mother’s Help, born Ipswich.
Henry Richard Pryke, 13, an Errand Boy, born Ipswich.
George Arthur Pryke, 10, born Ipswich.
Margaret Lizzie Pryke, 5, born Ipswich.
Annie Amy Pryke, 2, born Ipswich.
Lydia Rush, 74, born Ipswich.
1901 3, Star Lane, Ipswich.
William was 18 years old, a Quay Labourer. He was living with his parents, brother & maternal grandmother.
Lydia Rush, 84.
Richard, 58, an Iron Foundry Labourer.
Lydia, 52.
Herbert Pryke, 9, born Ipswich.
1911 3, Star Lane, Ipswich.
William was 27 years old, a Quay Labourer – Coal Porter. He was living with his parents & brother.
Richard, 67, a Smith’s Striker.
Lydia, 62.
George, 30, a General Labourer – Brewery.
William’s father, Richard Pryke, died on New Year’s Eve 1913, and was buried in Section II at Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Soldiers’ Effects to Lydia A. Pryke – mother, George A. Pryke, Henry R. Pryke and Herbert Pryke – brothers, and Emily Mary Dunton (wife of Joseph Benjamin Dunton), Eliza M. Murrell (wife of John Henry Murrell), Annie A. Corby (wife of John Thomas Corby), and Margaret L. Bishop (wife of Edgar Osborne) – sisters.
William is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Mary at the Quay Church, Ipswich.
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