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James Pringle
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4 pp. of textual records
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James Pringle (1868-1944), was born in Stanley, New Brunswick, the son of William Pringle and Eleanor Taylor. In 1901 he married Mary M. Mullin. His second wife, Edna M. Hanning, whom in married in 1910, was the daughter of James Hanning and Jane Macelveny, who had been born in New Maryland in 1885. James Pringle had a daughter born in 1902 and a son. He received his education at Stanley public schools and the St. John Business College. He was a salesman and buyer for Andrew Douglas of Stanley from 1893 and a traveller for J.S. Neill & Sons, Ltd from 1903 to 1914.
James Pringle enlisted in the 1st Contingent of the 2nd Royal Canadian Regiment in 1899 and served in the South African War for a year. For this service he was awarded the Queens South Africa medal with 3 bars. He held the rank of Major and Quartermaster, 71st York Regiment for a number of years. James was appointed Major and Quartermaster of the 26th Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment at the outbreak of war in 1914. He served in Canada, England, France, Belgium and Germany from 1914 until demobilization in 1919. James Pringle was twice mentioned in dispatches for distinguished service at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917 and at Passchendaele, and awarded the Military Cross at Amiens in 1918.
After the war, Pringle moved to Fredericton where, in 1919, he formed a partnership with L.R. Phillips to sell Ford cars and accessories under the name Phillips & Pringle, Fredericton, N.B. He was a member of the Fredericton Auto and Boating Club and the Fredericton City Club.
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The fonds consists of South African War and World War I certificates and dispatches. The certificates include James Pringle's discharge from the South African War in 1900 and his service certificate from the First World War. There are mentions in two dispatches, issued by the War Office in London, for gallant and distinguished services in the field, dated 7 November 1917 and 7 April 1918.
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Acquired from Georgia E. True, Lincoln, N.B., 1984
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