Jack initially joined the Cheshire Yeomanry and became an NCO, resigning in 1938 following his marriage. In May 1939 he joined the Royal Horse Artillery as a gunner and was commissioned on 1st June 1940. A transfer to the Army Co-operation Command with a promotion to Captain followed later. He saw service in North Africa, Sicily and Italy with both the 1^st and 8^th Armies.

Upon his return to England in September 1943 he was killed while on his way to take up a new appointment on Saturday 20^th November at the age of 31. He was cremated and is remembered on the Crematorium Memorial, Landican Cemetery, Upton, Cheshire.

Father to a baby son, husband of Mary Merry Price of Hoylake, Cheshire: son of John Joseph Price & Edith Price.

A copy of Jack's story is available for download here.

Revised: November 2025

St Agnes Church WW2 Memorials Colmore Crescent, Moseley, Birmingham
Photography by Peter Leadbetter