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17 September 2020

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№ 288

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17 September 2020

Hammer Price:
£550

Three: Captain C. R. Prendergast, 28th and 84th Punjabis, who was killed in action during the Battle of Hanna, Mesopotamia, 21 January 1916

1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. R. Prendergast. 28/Punjabis.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. R. Prendergast.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Randolph Prendergast) generally good very fine or better (4) £300-£400

Charles Randolph Prendergast was born in Bengal, India in April 1888, and was the son of Major General C. L. Prendergast (Colonel Commandant 28th Punjabis). He was educated at Cheltenham College and R.M.C. Sandhurst. Prendergast was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Munster Fusiliers in 1910, before transferring to the Indian Army with the outbreak of the Great War.

Prendergast advanced to Captain and initially served with his father’s old regiment the 28th Punjabis. He was subsequently attached to the 84th Punjabis, and was killed in action at the Battle of Hanna, Mesopotamia, 21 January 1916. Captain Prendergast is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq, and is also commemorated on his parents’ gravestone at Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth (where he is given as being killed in action at the Battle of Sheikh Saad 21 January 1916 - the latter being the date for the Battle of Hanna, with Sheikh Saad occurring 6-8 January 1916).