Albert George PRING (b. 1896 Greenwich, Kent) Batman, Private 2nd  Class, Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Royal Air Force (RAF) – Service No; 143044 – Enlisted; 3rd Apr 1916 Age 19yrs. Deployed; No 56 Squadron, formed 8 Jun 1916 Gosport, Hampshire. Aircraft; Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c. Next  56 Squadron was equiped with Royal Aircraft Factory, SE 5 Fighter. Deployed to Saint Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France March 1917, next the Squadron was relocated to Vert Galant in support of the Battle of Arras, Western Front,  Apr/May 1917.– NOK; Father, Richard PRING (b. 1862 Kidbrooke. Kent) Platelayer, Railways (1891).

 

Albert George PRING  (b. 1918 Newton, Poppleford, Devon) Air Gunner & Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR), 20th Operational Training Unit, Bomber Command. -  Service No; 913891 – Deployed; RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland. Killed in an Accident, 22nd Jul 1944. During an Exercise, the wing of Wellington Bomber HZ262, detached causing a fatal crash. Buried; Newton Poppleford Cemetery, Devon. – Father; Charles Eli PRING (b. 17 Sep 1883 Harpford, Devon) Farm Labourer (1921).

 

Alfred Charles PRING (b. 12th Aug 1899 Marylebone, London) 2nd Lieutenant, Observer  (Gazetted; 28th May 1918), Royal Flying Corp (RFC), Royal Air Force (RAF) – Service No; 92006 – Enlisted; 15th Aug 1917 – Re-Enlisted 1940 WW2 as Pilot Officer (Gazetted; 9th Sep 1940) Service No; 73898, Stationed at RAF Kenley, Croydon. - Deployed; India Embarked; 7th Nov 1940 on Vessel, City of Venice, Liverpool to Bombay. -  Medals; 1914-1918 British War Medal – 1914-1918 Victory Medal – Wife; Bessie Margaret PRING (Nee; NELSON) (b, 13th Jun 1900 Lambeth, London- Father; Alfred Charles PRING (b.1875 Medway. Kent) Oil & Colour Merchant (1901), (1911) & (1921).

 

Alfred Stanley PRING (b. 3rd Apr 1910 Plymouth, Devon) Flight Sergeant, Bomb Aimer, Royal Air Force (RAF) -  – Service No; 657628 – Squadron 76, RAF Linton on Ouse & RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire – Aircraft; Handley Page Halifax  MK V Bomber, Serial No; DK266 – KIA; 27 Sep 1943, Aircraft shot down by Enemy Night Fighter , over, Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany  - Wife; Margaret Elizabeth PRING (nee; JOHN) (b. 1905 Peveral, Plymouth) - Father; George PRING (b. 25th May 1879 Plymouth, Devon) Army Gunner, 48th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery – Service No; T/1042.

 

Arthur Maurice Owers PRING (b. 1st Nov 1921 Ealing. Middlesex) Flight Sergeant & Flying Officer, Royal Air Force (RAF)- Service No’s; 1258998 & 143237 – Unit/Squadron; 176 Squadron, Bristol Beaufighter (Night Fighter) based at RAF Baigachi, near Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

Enlisted; 1940 from University, commenced Night Fighter Flying in 604 Squadron, followed by a posting to 125 Squadron, flying Defiants. He was next posted to 89 Squadron, flying Beaufighters, the Squadron was based in Egypt at RAF Shandur.  It was here that he obtained his first victory, 4th/5th July 1942 by downing an Enemy Heinkel. Posted to Malta, FO PRING shot down an Italian bomber followed by a German Bomber a Heinkel HE./111 over Sicily, 12th /13th October 1942. His 4th Victory was a Junkers 88 also in October  1942. In January 1943 176 Squadron was formed in defence of Calcutta, India. Flight Sergeant PRING joined the new Squadron and was in action the day after joining, by engaging and shooting down 3 enemy Japanese aircraft over Calcutta in the Squadron’s first night action.

KIA; 5th  Dec 1943  Buried; Calcutta, Cemetery, Kolkata, India. Age 22yrs.

Medals; Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM)  3rd Feb 1943

Citation; Flight Sergeant Pring was employed as a Pilot in Night Fighters in the U.K. and Malta, Middle East and India since July, 1941. He has shot down six enemy aircraft. He showed an intense desire to engage the enemy at all times. On his first operational sortie in India, he shot down three Japanese aircraft within 4 minutes, showing skill and courage. Result of this successful action have had a far reaching deterrent effect on further raids on Calcutta. 3rd February 1943.

WW2; Victories, 9 Enemy Aircraft. Ranks on the list of WW2 Aces for the United Kingdom.

– Father; Arthur Benjamin PRING (b.1895 Brentford, Middlesex).

 

Brian / Bryan Robert John PRING (b. 5 Oct 1923 Lismore, NSW, Australia ) Service No; 1853987 - See; Royal Australian Air Force.......

 

Charles Henry PRING (b. 1902 Wellington, Somerset) Aircraftsman, Royal Air Force (RAF) – Service No; 345810 – Enlisted; 22nd Feb 1921 Age 18yrs. – Squadrons;  39 Squadron (Jun 1921) (Aug 1923 @ RAF Spitalgate, Grantham, Lincolnshire - Aircraft; DH9A Light Bomber) - 100 Squadron (1923) RAF Spitalgate Aircraft: Vickers Vimy’s & DH9A’s - 111 Squadron (1925) Armstrong Whitworth Siskins, a single seater Fighter - Discharged; 21st Feb 1933.

NOK; Wife, Winifred Maud PRING (nee; DANCER) (b. 1909 Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) – Father; William PRING (b. 1866 Tiverton, Devon), Private 4th Battalion Devonshire Regiment – Service No; 715

 

Christopher James PRING (b. 1886 Dulverton, Somerset) Corporal, Royal Flying Corps (RFC) Royal Air Force (RAF) – Service No; 44663  – Unit; 29 TS Squadron - Deployed; 29 Squadron, moved to France, Arras & Ypes in 1917 and was equipped with the French Single Seater Fighter; Nieuport Mark XV11 C.1. The Squadron was next equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5 , a British Biplane, which was generally regarded as the ’Spitfire of WW1’. The ‘SE5’ was crucial in regaining Allied Air Superiority in 1917 and the rest of WW1. - Discharged; 30th Apr 1920 – NOK; Wife, Eleanor Mabel PRING (nee; BULLOCK)

(b. 2nd Jan 1885 Bath, Somerset) – Father; John PRING (b.11th Mar 1860 Bampton, Devon) Farm Carter (1911).

 

Clifford Russell PRING (b. 1924 Young, Saskatchewan, Canada) Flying Officer, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) – Died from his injuries when his Aircraft, Avro Anson II crashed at RCAF Base Centralia (near Exeter) Ontario, 28th Jul 1944. Father; Ernest Charles PRING (b. 1892 Ringwood, Hampshire, England ) Mother; Clara Louisa PRING.

 

Dennis H PRING (b. 1924 Edmonton, Middlesex) Pilot Officer, Royal Air force (RAF) Service No; 577814 – Medals;  MID (Mentioned in Dispatches) London Gazette, 6th Aug 1945.

Citation; Air Ministry 14th June 1945. The King Has Been Graciously Pleased To Give Orders For The Publication of The Names of The Following Personnel Who Have Been ‘Mentioned In Dispatches’. DH PRING 

- Deployed; South Africa, Pilot Officer, 16 Oct 1947 Southampton to SA on vessel, Capetown Castle. – NOK; Father; Frank Harold PRING (b. 1899 Edmonton, Middlesex) – Wife; Barbara J PRING (nee; COLE).

 

Frederick PRING (b. 23 Dec 1893 Sheffield, Yorkshire) Private 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Royal Air Force (RAF) – Service No; 111353 - Enlisted; 28th Nov 1917 Age 23yrs.

Deployed; Aero Services Unit , 14th Oct 1914 France – Died Influenza, Age 24trs, buried; Charleroi Communal Cemetery, (Hainaut Region) Belgium, - Medals; 1914-1918 British War Medal, 1914-1918 Victory Medal – Father; Frank PRING (b. 1870 Belper, Derbyshire) Steel Furnaceman (1891),(1901).

 

Frederick James Dunthorne PRING (b. 11 Sep 1906 Lambeth, London) Royal Air Force (RAF) Pilot Officer - London Gazette 2nd Jul 1940 – Service No; 80753 - NOK, Wife; Gwendoline Ethel PRING (nee; BISSELL) – Father; Albert James PRING (b. 3 Mar 1869 Greenwich, London).

 

Frederick William PRING (b. 1890 Barton Regis, Gloucestershire) Clerk, Royal Flying Corps (RFC) Royal Air Force (RAF) – Service No; 105310 – Enlisted; 1917 Age 27yrs. Discharged; 30th Apr 1920 – NOK, Wife; Minnie Gertrude PRING (nee; SHORTMAN) (b. 25 Nov 1894 Keynesham, Somerset) – Father; Edwin Ford PRING (b. 1859 Bristol, Gloucestershire) Baker (1911).

 

Garfield Maurice PRING (b 1916) Aircraftsman, Royal Air Force (RAF) Service No; 549818 –

924 Balloon Squadron – KIA (Killed in Action) 8th Oct 1940 during an Air Raid at Royal Naval Air Station Eastleigh/RAF Eastleigh, Barrage Balloon Site, whilst on Operational Duty. – Father; Walter Maurice PRING (b. 25th Sep 1883 Woolwich, London) Army Private, 1st/4th Territorial  Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment – Service No; 28674.

 

George Stanley PRING (b. 1913 Toxteth Park Lancashire) Sergeant, Royal Air Force (RAF) Service No; 656957 – 49 Squadron, Avro Lancaster Heavy Bomber - Lancaster ED590 took off from RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire at 2117 hours on the night of 8th April 1943 detailed to bomb Duisberg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed at 2345 hours in the target areas and all the crew members were killed.

The crew members of ED590 were:

Sergeant Haigh Chatterton (1576209) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)

Flying Officer James Balam Lapping (47652) (RAF) (Navigator)

Flying Officer Alexander Lyon Munro (125353) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)

Sergeant George Stanley PRING (656957) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)

Pilot Officer James Leslie Rollins (407036) (Air Gunner)

Flying Officer Derek John Nigel Southern DFM (107910) (RAFVR) (Pilot)

Sergeant Charles John Tiley (578008) (RAF) (Flight Engineer)

NOK; Wife; Dorothy PRING (nee; RIVERS) (b. 1821 Toxteth Park, Lancashire ) – Father; Edward PRING (b. 24 Sep 1880 Bath, Somerset) Window Cleaner (1901) & (1911).

 

Harry Douglas PRING (b. 26 Aug 1902 Knaresborough, Yorkshire) Leading Aircraftsman – Service No; 351773 – Enlisted; 23 May 1922 Age 19yrs. Served in the following Squadrons RAF Bases – Recruits Training Depot 1922, RAF Uxbridge, West London – Training Squadron, 1922, RAF Manston, Kent - M Squadron 1923/1925 RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire – RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland 1927/1928– Discharged; 1929 – NOK, Mother; Emily Rosa PRING (nee; BIRDSALL) (b. 1860 Eccup, Yorkshire) - Wife; Susannah Winifred PRING (nee; BYRAM) (b. 25 Jun 1892 Sculcoates, Yorkshire)

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Harry Edward PRING aka Edward Harry PRING (b. 1876 Bath Somerset) Aircraftsman, Royal Air Force (RAF) – Service No; 264684 – Enlisted; 4 Jul 1918 Age 45yrs - Served in the following RAF Bases /Airfields;  RAF West Drayton, London. Air Construction Corps, 1918 – RAF Hounslow, London 1918 – RAF Purfleet, London. Dispersal Centre, Mar 1919 – NOK, Wife; Susannah PRING (nee; LAGDEN/LAGDON) (b. 1880 Stebbing, Essex) – Father; John PRING (b. 1837 Taunton, Somerset).

 

Horace Frederick PRING (b. 11 Mar 1900 Heavitree, Devon) Aircraftsman, Royal Air Force  – Enlisted; 22 Apr 1918 – NOK; Father; Wallace PRING (b. 28 Nov 1869, Harpford, Devon) – Wife; Dorothy Elizabeth PRING (nee; HOLDSTOCK) (b. 10 Dec 1905 Kensington, London).

 

John Arthur PRING (b. 22 Dec 1883 Edinburgh, Midlothian) Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR), Commissioned; 1st September 1939 – Medals; Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE, Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE, MID Mentioned in Dispatches  (11 Jun 1942), Mentioned in Dispatches MID (14 Jun 1945) -

NOK, Wife; Gladys PRING (nee; HILL) (b. 26 Apr 1886) – Father; William Benjamin PRING (b. 1852 Axbridge, Somerset) Serjeant Major, 1st Dragoon Guards, Service No; 1260.

See Also; Website, British Army - John Arthur PRING OBE (b. 22 Dec 1883 Edinburgh, Midlothian) Indian Army Captain, Royal Army Service Corps (1918).

 

Kenneth Charles PRING (b.18 Jul 1895 Richmond,. Surrey)  Flight Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps (RFC) & Royal Air Force (RAF) - Enlisted Royal Flying Corps, (RFC) - Enlisted;  2nd Nov 1918 - Deployed; France; up to 17 Jul 1919 - Embarked HMT Tutonic (ex RMS Tutonic) 21st Jul 1919 to Middle East, Egypt. to 1920  Aboukir, Egypt  Embarked, Port Said, Egypt, HMHS Soudan (as a Troop Ship) Mar 1920, disembarked England - Aircraft Flown; DH 6 , De Havilland Biplane, primary Trainer - Royal Aircraft Factory BE 8 - Martinsyde G100 Fighter Bomber - Sopwith Pup & Sopwith Camel, single seater Biplane Fighter - Bristol Scout, single seater Rotary Engined biplane Fighter - Bristol M1 Monoplane Fighter - Nieuport Fighting Scout, French Built Aircraft - Medals; 1914-1918 British War Medal, 1914-1918 Victory Medal – Discharged; 26th Mar 1920 - Wife; Dorothy Elizabeth PRING (nee; TYARS) (b. 1897 Parkstone, Dorset) – Father; Charles PRING (b. 1868 Twickenham, Middlesex) Builder & Decorator, North Sheen, Surrey, (1901) & (1911). (See; PRING Website, British Army; Army Driver, Royal Army Service Corps, Service No; T4/211365).

 

Kenneth Lyddon PRING (b. 1908 Brentford, Middlesex) Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force (RAF) Service No; 172353 – Enlisted 1940 – Medals; Distinguished Flying Cross & Bar (DFC) – London Gazette Jan 1945. - Pilot; Alan Alfred Dray RNZAF and  F/Sgt Kenneth Lyddon PRING RAFVR in Mosquito DZ425 took off from the Little Friars, Airstrip in Norfolk, on 30th  Aug 1943 for a night bombing  mission over Duisburg, Germany. Shortly after the Aircraft crashed at approx. 1 mile from Swaffham, Norfolk  at 0025hrs. Both of the crew were injured but survived. NOK; Kathleen Patricia PRING (nee; POCOCK) (b. 17 Mar 1903 Headington, Oxfordshire) – Father; Arnold  Lyddon PRING (b. 26 Apr 1878 Richmond, Surrey).

 

Leonard Thomas PRING (b. 1897 Bedminster, Somerset) MT Driver & Aircraft Mechanic, Royal Flying Corps (RFC) Royal Air Force (RAF)  Service No; 56737 – Enlisted; 2nd Feb 1917 Age 19yrs. Discharged;  23 Mar 1919 – NOK; Father; George Coles PRING (b. 9 Mar 1863 Bedminster, Somerset) Civil Engineer (1901) – Wife; Mona Elsie Amy PRING (nee; DICKER) (b. 26 Oct 1909 Chippenham, Wiltshire).

 

Mary PRING (nee; TIGHE) (b. 1888 Athlone, Westmeath, Ireland) Storewoman, Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) - Service No; 23189/2389  - Enlisted; 22nd  Jan 1918 Newcastle, Northumberland, Age 31yrs. (1888) - Discharged;  29 Aug 1919, Newcastle, Northumberland. NOK; Husband, John Frederick PRING (b. 13 Jun 1884 Crosthwaite, Cumberland) Army Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery & 71st Battery Royal Field Artillery, 36th Brigade – Service No; 32791.

 

Maud PRING (b. 1894) General Clerk, Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) Service No; 23627 Enlisted; 9th Nov 1918 Temhill, Age; 24yrs – Discharged; 14th Jul 1919 Temhill.

 

Noel Grattan PRING (b. 3rd Nov 1896 Marton, Cheshire) 2nd Lieutenant, Balloon Pilot,  Royal Flying Corps (RFC) & Aircraft Pilot, Royal Air Force (RAF) -  Deployed; Deployed;  59 Squadron France (15 Apr 1918 to 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory, RE8 2 x seater biplane - (13 Jul 1919) 221 Squadron, HMS Ark Royal, Syros, Greece & Black Sea, Ferrying Aircraft to Russia - (Oct 1919 Malta & Constantinople) - 11th Squadron 1922 - Medals; 1915 Star, 1914-1918 British War Medal, 1914-1918 Victory Medal – Father; Richard Henry PRING (b. 1861 Ireland) Clergyman, (1901) - Wife; Ida Margaret PRING (nee; HOLME) (b. 7 Apr 1908 Dharamsala, Bengal, India).

 

Peter Barton PRING (b.7th Aug 1923 Tonbridge, Kent) Leading Aircraftsman, Royal Air Force (RAF) - 261 Squadron – Service No; 163948 - Deployed Burma 1943 to 1945, Aircraft; Hawker Hurricane IIB’s flying Ground Attack Sorties, based at RAF Dum Dum, near Calcutta and based later at Chiringa, Bengal Province, India. Later,  261 Squadron was re-equipped with the Republic P47 Thunderbolt, Mk’s  I & II, based at RAF Yelahanka, Bangalore, Flying Sorties to attack Rangoon. - Medals; Burma Star – Member Burma Star Association – Father; Henry PRING (b. 6th Oct 1889 Speldhurst, Kent) Army Private, (1). 9th Lancers (Queens Royal) -Service No; 2010 – (2). Machine Gun Corps Cavalry, Service No; 41338. – Wife; Jean Doreen PRING (nee; HAMMOND) (b. 5th Jul 1929, Croydon, Surrey).

 

Richard Ernest John PRING  (b. 21 Jun 1910 Upton Cross, Essex) Sergeant, Air Bomber,  Royal Air Force (RAF) - Service No; 1320139 – Deployed; 142 Squadron RAF - Vickers Wellington IV Bomber - 6th Apr 1943 Night Bomber Squadron to Tunisia & Algeria, moving to; Cerignola & Amendola, Foggia, Italy in Dec 1943 & 1944. – Medals: Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM).

Citation. (London Gazette 29 Oct 1943 No; 4767).

Sergeant PRING has carried out 42 sorties involving 227 hours operational flying and is still flying on his first tour. He has been with 142 Squadron since 6th April 1943. This NCO is an efficient and conscientious Bomb Aimer who has on many occasions caused a number of dummy runs over the target to make certain of the correct aiming point. Sergeant PRING’s fine example and devotion to duty both on the ground and in the air made him a valuable member of his crew and a fine example to his fellow Bomb Aimers. Recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM) – NOK, Wife; Iris Maude PRING (nee; BRENT/BRUNT) (b. 17 Nov 1909 Brentford,. Middlesex) – Father; Ernest Richard PRING (b. 1880 Clapton, Middlesex) Dairyman (1901).

 

Walton Ralph PRING (b. 1918 Richmond, Surrey) Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR)- Service No; 174905 - 48 Squadron, Transport Command, Douglas Dakota Mk. 36243III, Serial No; KG370 - RAF Base, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire.

- KIA; 23 Sep 1944, Age 26yrs, Shot down in September 1944 at Rosanpolder on the approach to Arnhem, Holland on a resupply sortie, during Operation Market Garden. Runnymead Memorial, Surrey.

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William Edwards PRING (b.1918 Tavistock,  Devon) Sergeant, Royal Air Force, – Service No; 646044 – 38 Squadron, Wellington Bomber HF920, based; Shallufa, Egypt - Deployed; Egypt  and North Africa.  In November 1940, 38 Squadron was based at Fayid, as a Night Bomber Squadron, attacking Enemy Ports along the North African Coast. From 1943, 38 Squadron was engaged in Mine Laying, Anti Submarine Patrols.

KIA; 6 Jul 1942, Operational Flight, Mine Laying sortie, over Tobruk Harbour, Libya, (Lost Without Trace) comemorated; Alamein, Memorial, Egypt.

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William Herbert PRING (b.10th Dec 1896 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) Air Crew Man (ACM) Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) Service No; F14984 & Aircraftsman 1st Class Royal Air Force (RAF) - Service No; 214984 – Enlisted; 24th May 1916 RNAS Hostilities WW1 – Ships served; HMS President RN Shore Base, London and posted to the following Royal Naval Air Stations (RNAS);

RNAS Barrow, Cumbria  (6 Nov 1916 to 7 Jan 1917

RNAS Pulham, Norfolk (8 Jan 1917 to 15 Feb 1917)

RNAS Barrow, Cumbria  (16 Feb 1917 to 11 Sep 1917) Promoted to; ACM 1st Class

RNAS Dunkirk, France (12 Sep 1917 to 8 Dec 1917)

RNAS Dover, Kent (9 Dec 1917 to 31 Jan 1918)

RNAS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire (1 Feb 1918 - 31 Mar 1918).

Posted to a merged  RNAS /RFC to Royal Air Force (RAF)  (31 Mar 1918)

RAF 62 Squadron, Serny, Pas-de-Calais, France, Aircraft;  Bristol F2B Fighters  (Apr 1918 – Mar 1919).

RAF 88 Squadron, Belgium, Aircraft;  Bristol F2B Fighters  (Mar 1919 – Aug 1919) – NOK; Father; Frank George PRING (b.1871 Bath, Somerset) Dyer, (1911) – Wife; Edith PRING (nee; Roberts) (b. 1897 Surrey).

 

Maurice Frederick PRING-ROWE (b.29 Dec 1910 Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk) Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force (RAF) – Service No; 83408 – NOK; Margaret L PRING (nee; NICHOLAS) Father; Frederick PRING-ROWE (b. 16 Jan 1871 Kensington, London)