Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Douala Cemetery | 19 | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 5B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Early Life :
Born in Exmouth in the September Quarter of 1881. Died 9 November 1915 aged 34.Family :
Son of Samuel and Rhoda Street, of Exmouth; husband of Edith Perry Street, of 50, Egremont Rd., Exmouth, Devon.Husband of Edith Street of Egremont Road, Exmouth.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Supply and Transport Corps |
| Action : Africa |
The East African Campaign was a series of battles and guerrilla actions which started in German East Africa (now Tanzania) and ultimately impacted portions of Mozambique, Northern Rhodesia, British East Africa, Uganda, and the Belgian Congo. The German colonial forces, led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, skillfully fought for the duration of World War I and surrendered only after that war had ended. Other campaigns were conducted in West and South West Africa.
Detail :
Probate Record: STREET Samuel William Pring of 99 Egremont-road Exmouth Devonshire honorary and temporary second-lieutenant supply and transport department of H.M. Army died 9 November 1915 at Duala in the Cameroons Probate Exeter Effects £104 14s. 3d.
His medal record shows that he was awarded the 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals and that he entered theatre "4c" [Cameroons] on the 4th August 1915 as part of the West African Expeditionary Force. But there are notes to state that the Medal is "forfeit" and that the "Unit and Rank deleted from Rolls "Min 15 NW/8/22489", relating to the 1915 Star only.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Lodge of Charity No. 223 E.C. | Devonshire |
| Joined : | Accra No. 3063 E.C. | Ghana |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
16th August 1910 | 21st November 1911 | 19th December 1911 |
Joined Accra Lodge No. 3063, Christianborg, Accra. on 16th November 1914
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley