GEORGE STEPHEN 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.

Photograph courtesy of Chris

Born: 1885, Ipswich.

Baptised on the 7^th August 1887, at St. Mary’s Church, Combs, Suffolk, with brother Edward Henry Pryke and sister Jemima Alice Pryke – family home in Ipswich.

Died: 3rd May 1917; age 32; KiA.

Evening Star – Thursday, 7^th June 1917 – Mrs. Albertina Pryke, of 85, Rosehill Road, has just been notified by the War Office that her husband, George Stephen Pryke, attached to the Household Battalion, was killed in action in France on the 3^rd May. He is the eldest son of Mr. Henry W. Pryke, retired postman, of 74, Foxhall Road, Ipswich.

Residence: 74, Foxhall Road, Ipswich.

Occupation: Bookkeeper.

Enlistment Location: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk; date: 28th June 1916.

Rank: Trooper; Service Number: 1967

Regiment: Household Cavalry & Cavalry of the Line, Household Battalion.

Formerly 3137, Norfolk Yeomanry.

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

Grave Reference:

C.59.

Roeux British Cemetery,

Pas de Calais,

France.

Relatives Notified & Address: Eldest son of Henry William & Margaret Pryke; husband of Albertina Johanna Pryke, of 85, Rosehill Road, Ipswich.

CENSUS

1891   20, Parade Terrace, Ipswich.

George was 5 years old and living with his parents & siblings at his widowed paternal grandfather’s home.

George Pryke, 74, retired Cabinet Maker, born Gislingham, Suffolk.

Henry William Pryke, 31, a Town Bag Collector – Post Office, born Stradbroke, Suffolk.

Margaret Pryke (nee Pryke), 30, born Combs, Suffolk.

Jemina Alice Pryke, 6, born Ipswich.

Edward Henry Pryke, 3, born Ipswich.

1901   20, Parade Road, Ipswich.

George was 15 years old, a Commercial Clerk. He was living with his parents & siblings at his paternal grandfather’s home.

George, 84, a retired Cabinet Maker.

Henry, 41, a General Post Office Letter Carrier.

Margaret, 40.

Jemina, 16.

Edward, 13.

Elizabeth Mary Pryke, 9, born Ipswich.

Mabel Althea Pryke, 7, born Ipswich.

Arthur Harry Pryke, 3, born Ipswich.

George’s infant sister, Ivy Ethel Pryke (born 1894), died on the 11^th February 1895, at her home, 20, Parade Road, Ipswich and was buried on the 15^th February in Section I.7.20 at Ipswich Old Cemetery.

George’s grandfather, George Pryke, died on the 15^th October 1905, at his home, 20, Parade Field Terrace, Ipswich and was buried on the 18^th October next to his infant granddaughter, Ivy Ethel, in Section I.7.19 at Ipswich Old Cemetery.

On the 26th April 1914, at Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich, 28 year old George, a bookkeeper, of 74, Foxhall Road, Ipswich, married 28 year old Albertina Johanna Cnoops, a costume maker, born July 1885, The Hague, Holland, daughter of Jacobus Cnoops & Hendrika Johanna Petronella Cnoops (nee Dors), of 85, Rosehill Road, Ipswich.

Soldiers’ Effects to Albertina J. Pryke – widow.

George is also remembered on the war memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich.

Household Cavalry & Cavalry of the Line, Household Battalion