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trying to find info about harry or henry price born liverpool,killed in action on 22ndjune 1944 near caen in northern france,does anyone remember a uncle harry in their family who never came back from the war? harry or henry was the son of adam and dorothy price from west derby liverpool and had several brothers and sisters.thanks x

Is this him Name: PRICE, HENRY Initials: H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Signalman Regiment/Service: Royal Corps of Signals Unit Text: 3rd Div. Sigs. Age: 34 Date of Death: 12/06/1944 Service No: 14512841 Additional information: Son of Adam and Dorothy Price; husband of Evelyn Price, of Walton, Liverpool. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. D. 2. Cemetery: LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES Country: France Locality: unspecified Location Information: Douvres-la-Delivrande is a village 14 kilometres north of Caen. Take the main road northwards from Caen, the D7 to Langrune-sur-Mer. After about 12 kilometres, the War Cemetery will be found on the right of the road, a few hundred metres before reaching La Delivrande crossroads and its twin-spired church. Historical Information: The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. The burials in La Delivrande War Cemetery mainly date from 6 June and the landings on Sword beach, particularly Oboe and Peter sectors. Others were brought in later from the battlefields between the coast and Caen. There are now 942 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 63 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to a number of casualties known to be buried among them. The cemetery also contains 180 German graves. No. of Identified Casualties: 1025

This seems to be his parents marriage ref Marriages Jun 1897 Noble Dorothy Wirral 8a 812 Price Adam Wirral 8a 812

1901 census Name: Adam Price Age: 31 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Dorothy Gender: Male Where born: Whitby, Cheshire, England Civil parish: West Derby Ecclesiastical parish: Edge Hill St Catherine County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address:62 Willougby Street Occupation:Foreman hay salesman Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: West Derby Sub-registration district: West Derby, Western ED, institution, or vessel: 50 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 259 Household Members: Name Age Adam Price 31 b Whitby Cheshire Adam Price 1 month b Liverpool Dorothy Price 25 b Gateshead Durham Robert W Price 2 b Whitby Thomas W Price 3 b Whitby 1891 ? Name: Adam Price Age: 24 Estimated birth year: abt 1867 Relation: Son Father's name: Thomas Mother's name: Alice Gender: Male Where born: Whitby, Cheshire, England Civil parish: Whitby Ecclesiastical parish: Ellesmere Port Town: Whitby County/Island: Cheshire Country: England Street address: Chester road Occupation: ag lab Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Wirral Sub-registration district: Eastham ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Alice Farrington 11 Alice Farrington 3 Allen Farrington 42 Edith Farrington 6 Emily Farrington 15 Flowerence Farrington 9 Thomas Farrington 47 Thomas Farrington 13 Adam Price 24 Alice Price 63 Henry Price 22 Mary Price 17 Thomas Price 67 Thomas Price 35 1881 still at Chester road (his birth year varies from census to census!) Name: Adam Price Age: 17 Estimated birth year: abt 1864 Relation: Son Father's name: Thomas Mother's name: Alice Gender: Male Where born: Whitby, Cheshire, England Civil parish: Whitby County/Island: Cheshire Country: England Street address: Chester Road Education: Employment status: View image Occupation: Farm Servant Registration district: Wirral Sub-registration district: Eastham ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Alice Farrington 1 Ellen Farrington 32 Emily Farrington 4 Thomas Farrington 36 Thomas Farrington 3 Adam Price 17 Alice Price 52 Henry Price 13 Jane Price 9 Mary E. Price 6 Thomas Price 58 Thomas Price 26

Dorothy poss. 1881 census Name: Dorothy Noble Age: 5 Estimated birth year: abt 1876 Relation: Daughter Father's name: William Mother's name: Margaret Gender: Female Where born: Gateshead, Durham, England Civil parish: Gateshead County/Island: Durham Country: England Street address: Farm Beacon Lough Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Gateshead Sub-registration district: Gateshead ED, institution, or vessel: 50 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Mary G. Hoolian 16 Dorothy Noble 5 Elizabeth Noble 8 Isabella Noble Joseph Noble 21 Joseph Noble 16 Margaret Noble 34 Margaret Noble 22 Mary Noble 6 Robert Noble 3 William Noble 60 occ farmer of 63 acres -deaf Mary A. Waugh 26

thank you so much shirley, the war details are correct, the adam price you found was henry-harrys father who also had a brother called harry-henry(names differ between harry and henry) harry price was born in liverpool after his parents moved from whiby on the wirrel.in the 1900s,harry had a number of siblins born either in whitby or in liverpool one of them was my dads dad llewelyn price.x

Suzanne Do you have the cert for Lleweyln Price if so does it confirm Dorothy maiden name of Noble Ive found a LLewelyn Price Dec 1912 West Derby which covers Liverpool but the mmn stated is Dixon !!

hi shirley, yes ive got grandads birth cert,his mother was dorothy price nee noble,his mother was from newcastle,also harry who was killed in action was llewelyns brother,his parents are down as adam and dorothy price from west derby.xx