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Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard

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British author, sportsman, explorer and naturalist (1876-1922), in active service during World War One

WritersLived 1876 to 1922 · aged 45
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Hesketh Vernon Prichard, later Hesketh-Prichard, was an English cricketer, explorer, adventurer, writer, big-game hunter, and marksman who contributed to sniping practice within the British Army during the First World War.

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Military Cross
Distinguished Service Order
Fellow of the Zoological Society of London
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

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Hesketh Vernon Prichard, later Hesketh-Prichard, was an English cricketer, explorer, adventurer, writer, big-game hunter, and marksman who contributed to sniping practice within the British Army during the First World War. Concerned not only with improving the quality of marksmanship, the measures he introduced to counter the threat of German snipers were credited by a contemporary with saving the lives of over 3,500 Allied soldiers.

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Lived 1876 to 1922 · aged 45
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