Thomas Pryce

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Thomas Tannatt Pryce

Born	17 January 1886 The Hague, Netherlands
Died	13 April 1918 (aged 32) Vieux-Berquin, France
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Captain
Unit	Gloucestershire Regiment Grenadier Guards
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Victoria Cross Military Cross & Bar

Thomas Tannatt Pryce VC MC & Bar (17 January 1886 – 13 April 1918) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

He was born at The Hague and educated at Shrewsbury School. He was a married man, originally from Montgomeryshire. He originally served with the Gloucestershire Regiment and transferred to the Grenadier Guards.

Pryce was 32 years old and an acting captain in the 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British Army, (S.R.) during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 11 April 1918 at Vieux-Berquin, France, Captain Pryce led two platoons in a successful attack on a village. Early next day he was occupying a position with some 40 men, the rest having become casualties. He beat off four enemy attacks during the day, but by evening the enemy were within 60 yards of his trench. A bayonet charge led by Captain Pryce drove them back some 100 yards, but he had only 17 men left with no ammunition when yet another attack came. He again led a bayonet charge and was last seen engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand struggle against overwhelming odds.^[1]

His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Guards Regimental Headquarters (Grenadier Guards RHQ), London, England.

Pryce's name is recorded on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Berks Cemetery Extension near Ploegsteert in Hainaut, Belgium. He has no known grave.^[2]

References

↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30697. pp. 6057–6058. 21 May 1918. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
↑ Casualty Details—Pryce, Thomas Tannatt, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
VCs of the First World War - Spring Offensive 1918 (Gerald Gliddon, 1997)
Heart of a Dragon, the VCs of Wales and the Welsh Regiments, 1914-82 (W Alister Williams, 2008)

External links

Thomas Tannatt Pryce at the Victoria Cross website

Persondata
Name	Pryce, Thomas Tannatt
Alternative names
Short description	Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Date of birth	17 January 1886
Place of birth	The Hague, Netherlands
Date of death	13 April 1918
Place of death	Vieux-Berquin, France

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