William Pritchett was born on the 10th August 1888.  He enlisted with the Robin Hood Rifles in 1904 and became Sergeant with the number 1692 and was discharged in 1907.   

William re-enlisted with the 7th Battalion (Robin Hoods Rifles) The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire) Regiment  on the 25th February 1914 and served with them in France.  He was commissioned on the 12th January 1916 and served with the 17th (Welbeck Rangers) Battalion.  He fought at Loos, Somme, Passchendaele and St Quentin.  He was taken prisoner on the 21st of March 1918 and held at Citadel Queuists Prisoner of War (POW) Camp near Mainz, Germany.  He was repatriated on the 17th of February 1918.   

He died of natural causes at his home in West Bridgeford, Nottingham on the 11th of November 1974 aged 86 years. 

His grandson Phil Goddard has written a book entitled My grandad was a Robin Hood.