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Thanks Gritty, had put as a possible
have deleted
Maddie

Maddie, I'm not sure the Bertie Prior that married Elizabeth Long is the correct chap

This is our Bertie's birth- see also baptism above:
Birth reg:
Name: Bertie Prior
Registration Year: 1899
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Cambridge
Inferred County: Cambridgeshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 485

the Bertie that married Elizabeth Long in North Witchford could be this one- which ties in better with the death/ probate records you've put up:

Name: Bertie Prior
Registration Year: 1901
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: North Witchford
Inferred County: Cambridgeshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 529

Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920

Name: Bert Prior
Discharge Unit: 1st. Cambs.
Regiment: Cambridgeshire Regiment
Regimental Number: 326262
Rank: Private.
Badge Number: 203402
Piece: 3113
List Number: TK 0301-0484
Record Group: WO
Record Class: 329

Enlisted 22 Mar 1915. Discharged 12 Jun 1917. Wounded. He had served overseas

His baptism:

Cambridgeshire Baptisms Transcription:

First Name BERTIE
Last Name PRIOR
Year Of Birth 1899
Baptism year 1899
Baptism date 30 Apr 1899
Abode of 7 Willow Walk
Place CAMBRIDGE, HOLY TRINITY
Mother's Given Name Harriet
Father's First Name Philip
Father occupation cab proprietor
County Cambridgeshire
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Birth reg:
Name: Bertie Prior
Registration Year: 1899
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Cambridge
Inferred County: Cambridgeshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 485

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
High Street, Girton, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Robert Nightingale Head Married Male 52 1809 Inn Keeper Old Crown Girton, Cambridgeshire, England
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Ruth Nightingale Wife Married Female 50 1811 - Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England
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Henry Nightingale Son Unmarried Male 23 1838 - Girton, Cambridgeshire, England
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Harriet Nightingale Daughter Unmarried Female 21 1840 Dressmaker Girton, Cambridgeshire, England
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Letitia Nightingale Daughter Unmarried Female 16 1845 Dressmaker Girton, Cambridgeshire, England
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Mary M Nightingale Daughter - Female 13 1848 Scholar Girton, Cambridgeshire, England
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John Nightingale Son - Male 11 1850 Scholar Girton, Cambridgeshire, England
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Betsy Prior Boarder Unmarried Female 30 1831 Makerup Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England
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Philip Prior Boarder - Male 12 1849 Scholar Girton, Cambridgeshire, England

Cambridge Daily News - Thursday 23 August 1917

TROUBLESOME YOUTHS
Gang of young gamblers captured on Sheep's Green.
...The prisoners were....Bert Nightingale 18, discharged soldier of 17 Willow Place....

This seems to be the family- unsure why the name Prior was used. Address matches listing in Newspaper- also a tree on ancestry has some of the children listed as Prior. I don't have time to look today- if no one else has answers, I'll take another look tomorrow.

1911
Philip P Nightingale Husband Married Male 63 1848 Cambridgeshire Cambridge Cab Driver
Harriet Nightingale Wife Married Female 48 1863 Cambridgeshire Cambridge -
Arthur Nightingale Son Single Male 18 1893 Cambridgeshire Cambridge Packer Chemist
Neville Nightingale Son Single Male 15 1896 Cambridgeshire Cambridge Errand Boy
Bert Nightingale Son - Male 12 1899 Cambridgeshire Cambridge School
Claud Nightingale Son - Male 11 1900 Cambridgeshire Cambridge School
Albert E Nightingale Son - Male 9 1902 Cambridgeshire Cambridge School
George Nightingale Son - Male 0 1911 Cambridgeshire Cambridge

Address 17 Willow Place Cambridge
Parish Cambridge
County Cambridgeshire
Registration district Cambridge
Registration district number 181
Subdistrict St Andrew the Less
Subdistrict number 1
Enumeration district 4
Piece number 9104
Schedule number 148
Census reference RG14PN9104 RG78PN483 RD181 SD1 ED4 SN148

Possibly connected:

Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 02 April 1915

Recruiting In Cambs

The Cambs Territorials:
Bert Prior, 17, Willow Place, Cambridge

WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920

Name: Bert Prior
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Private
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: Cambridgeshire Regiment
Regimental Number: 326262
Previous Units: 1/1st Camb. R. 3477 Pte
Discharge: 12-6-17

This looks to be details of his medal card- first name Bert:

First name(s) Bert
Last name Prior
Service number 3477, 326262
Rank Private
Corps Cambridgeshire Regiment
Service record Soldier Number: 3477, Rank: Private, Corps: Cambridgeshire Regiment
Service record 2 Soldier Number: 326262, Rank: Private, Corps: Cambridgeshire Regiment
Archive reference WO372/16
Archive reference description Campaign Medal Index Cards and Silver War Badge Cards
Country Great Britain
Image link http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D4727289
Record set World War One British Army medal index cards

A friend has an ID tag (?"unofficial") which he picked up at the edge of a newly ploughed field "somewhere near Ypres" about 30 years ago. It is oval, silver, on a ferrous metal bracelet and marked PTE B PRIOR 3477 ICAMBS C E.

I have not found any similar record on the Commonwealth War Graves site, nor on the Cambridgeshire Roll of Honour, which I hope means he survived the war.

Any ideas where we can find his first name, or any other info which might identify him??

Many thanks, knowledgeable ones.

Phyl