Harry Pritchard

Harry Pritchard
Born	16 November 1871
Died	14 May 1953
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	Malaya Command
Battles/wars	Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War Mahdist War World War I
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

Major-General Harry Lionel Pritchard CB CMG DSO (16 November 1871 – 14 May 1953) was General Officer Commanding Malaya Command.

Military career

Educated at Charterhouse School,^[1] Pritchard was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1891.^[2] He took part in the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War in 1895 and was then transferred to the Egyptian Army in 1896 taking part in the Siege of Khartoum the following year.^[2] He was awarded the DSO for service in the Sudan.^[3]

He served in the Second Boer War in 1899 and then became a Deputy Assistant Director at the War Office in 1904 before becoming Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General in India in 1907.^[2]

He served in World War I initially in France and Belgium and then in Egypt before being made Chief Engineer for Middle East Forces in 1916.^[2] He was severely wounded in 1917.^[4]

After the War he was appointed Chief Engineer at Northern Command in 1921 and then Assistant Director for Fortifications and Works at the War Office in 1923.^[2] In 1926 he was appointed Chief Engineer for Eastern Command and in 1929 he became General Officer Commanding Malaya Command.^[2] His final appointment was as Commandant of the Royal School of Military Engineering at Chatham in 1931; he retired in 1933.^[2]

Bibliography

• A. R. P. and high explosive by Harry Lionel Pritchard, 1938, Duckworth

References

1. Charterhouse Register 1872-1900
2. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
3. Spink Medal Newsletter February 2005
4. Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria Spink Auction, 28 April 2005