Leading Stoker Arthur Charles Pralle
Royal Navy. HMS Black Prince
31/05/1916
Son of Charles Edwin and Eliza Jane Pralle, of 17,
Balaclava Rd., Bitterne, Hants. Native of St. Saviour's,
Jersey. Awarded Africa General Service Medal (Somaliland
Clasp), and Naval General Service Medal (Persian Gulf).
Killed in action, aged 33 years
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Thursday 15 June
1916
Roll of Honour. The parents of Arthur
Charles Pralle, a Leading Stoker on HMS Black Prince,
have received notification from the Admiralty that their
son was killed in the naval action of 31 May last. The
late seaman was in his 34th year. To the parents, who
formerly resided at Jersey but who are now living at
Bitterne, we offer our sincere condolences in their
sorrow.
A total of 26 Jerseymen are believed to have lost their
lives in the Naval Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916
and on HMS Hampshire which sank on 6 June 1916 after
striking a mine off the Orkneys.
