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Pte. John Pearce
New Zealand Expeditionary Force Canterbury Regiment
from:Brookside, Canterbury
(d.20th November 1918)
John Pearce was the son of Mrs. E. J. Pearce of Brookside, Canterbury. He served on the Western Front in 1916-17. He was 26 when he died and is buried in the Brookside Anglican Churchyard, Selwyn District, New Zealand.
A/Sgt John Henry Pearce
British Army 1st Btn Somerset Light Infantry
Pte. Joseph Charles Pearce
British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Wolverhampton
(d.14th Feb 1917)
Joseph Pearce is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery in France
Pte. Percy George Pearce
British Army 19th Btn. B Coy. London Regiment
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Sidney Richard John Pearce
Royal Navy HMS Blake
from:Torpoint, Plymouth
Sidney Pearce is my great grandfather. He served throughout the first World War, he had joined the navy at 15 in 1899 and served till 1922. He served on HMS Blake and HMS Vulcan between the war years. This is all I know at the moment.
Pte. Thomas Pearce
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Fusliliers
from:London
(d.31st Mar 1917)
Thomas Pearce was my Granddad's brother. He was one of three brothers who fought in ww1 all from north London, he left a wife and daughter. We believe he was killed at Arras on 31st March 1917 in The First Battle of the Scarpe and is buried at Faubourg d'Amiens cemetery, Arras. He served with the 8th battalion, Royal Fusiliers and is commemorated on a war memorial in Tottenham, North London.
L/Cpl. Thomas Pearce
British Army 59th Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Merthyr Tydfil
Pte. Wilfred Pearce
British Army 8th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
(d.3rd Jul 1916)
Wilfred Pearce was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme at La Boiselle. He is remembered at the memorial to the missing at Thiepval.
L/Cpl. William Pearce
British Army 1st/5th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Winford, Somerset
(d.26th April 1917)
William Pearce died on the 26th of April 1917 and is buried in the Unicorn Cemetery in France. He was the son of Benjamin Pearce from Winford, Somerset
Pte John Pearcy
British Army 6th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Hellifield, Yorks.
My Grandfather,John Pearcy served on the Western Front from 1916 with the 6th batt. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, in early 1918 this battalion was disbanded and Grandfather was posted to the 16th Entrenching battalion. Shortly after this the Germans launched their spring offensive and grandfather was then posted to the 3rd London Regt. and went back into front line actions.
On the 8th August 1918 the 3rd London's went into action on the first day of the battle of Amiens, their jumping off point was on the green line near Malard Wood, on exiting the wood they came under heavy fire from the German positions on Chipily ridge and Grandfather was wounded in the chest with shrapnel. After being taken to a Casualty Clearing Station, Grandfather was moved out of the line to the Australian General Hospital at Rouen.
On the 17th October 1918 Grandfather returned to his unit and went into action in the final advance in Artois and Flanders. In the early hours of the 31st October 1918 the 3rd Londons were trying to establish a series of posts between the lines near the village of Bleharies in Belgium when they came under shellfire, Grandfather was badly wounded and had a leg amputated on the battlefield before being moved to hospital in Boulogne.
Later that month grandfather returned to the UK on board the hospital ship St David and spent time in several hospitals in Kent, having a re-amputation before being moved nearer home to the Leeds War Hospital in Yorkshire where he was fitted with an artificial leg but it was to be 1920 before he was discharged from hospital and returned to his family.
Grandfather became an active member of his local British Legion branch and led several remembrance day parades in his home village, Grandfather passed away in 1947.
Maj. Gen. George Randolph Pearkes VC, PC, CC, CB, DSO, MC, CD
Canadian Army 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles
from:Canada
Pte. Walter Robert Pearman
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(d.11th April 1917)
Pte. William Frederick Pearman
British Army 9th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:King's Lynn
(d.8th Oct 1918)
William Pearman served with the 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 08th October 1918, aged 22. He is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France. William was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Pearman, of Laws Yard, High St., King's Lynn.
Pte. Joseph Pears
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Southmoor
Joseph Pears was discharged in 1919
Pte. Robert William Pearse
British Army 3rd Veterinary Hospital Army Veterinary Corps
from:Canton, Cardiff, Wales
(d.1st Aug 1915)
Robert Pearse was born in Exeter, Devon in 1876. He and several of his brothers went to Cardiff, Wales in the 1890s to find work. He and his brother George were particularly fond of horses and the family story has it that they used to provide rides along the beaches near Penarth. He met his wife Agnes and married in Cardiff around 1900. It is not surprising that he joined the Veterinary Corps. According to the war records he drowned in Hardelot, France in August 1915 aged 39. I would appreciate any information others might be able to add.
Sgt. Samuel George Pearse VC MM.
British Army 45th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Victoria, Australia.
(d.29th August 1919)
Samuel Pearse served with the 45th Battalion Royal Fusiliers during WW1 and died on the 29th August 1919, Age: 22. His name is commemorated on the Special Mention B107 on the Archangel Memorial in the Archangel Allied Cemetery in Russia. He was the husband of Mrs. Pearse, of Koorlong, Mildura, Victoria, Australia.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 23rd October 1919, records the following:- For most conspicuous bravery, devotion to duty and self sacrifice during the operation against the enemy battery position north of Emtsa (North Russia) on the 29th August, 1919. Serjeant Pearse cut his way through the enemy barbed wire under very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire and cleared a way for the troops to enter the battery position. Seeing that a blockhouse was harassing our advance and causing us casualties, he charged the blockhouse single-handed, killing the occupants with bombs. This gallant non-commissioned officer met his death a minute later, and it was due to him that the position was carried with so few casualties. His magnificent bravery and utter disregard for personal danger won for him the admiration of all troops.
Sgt. Samuel George Pearse VC, MM.
British Army 45th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Victoria, Australia
(d.29th Aug 1919)
Samuel Pearse was from Koorlong, Mildura, Victoria, Australia. He was killed in action 29th of August aged 22, and is remembered in the Archangel Allied Cemetery in Russia.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 23rd Oct., 1919, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery, devotion to duty and self sacrifice during the operation against the enemy battery position north of Emtsa (North Russia) on the 29th August, 1919. Serjeant Pearse cut his way through the enemy barbed wire under very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire and cleared a way for the troops to enter the battery position. Seeing that a blockhouse was harassing our advance and causing us casualties, he charged the blockhouse single-handed, killing the occupants with bombs. This gallant noncommissioned officer met his death a minute later, and it was due to him that the position was carried with so few casualties. His magnificent bravery and utter disregard for personal danger won for him the admiration of all troops."
Sister. Pearson
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 32 Stationary Hospital
Capt. Alfred Christopher Pearson
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:32 Norman Road, Northfield, Birmingham
(d.4th April 1919)
This is based on information received from Kevan Darby researching 9th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment: Alfred Christopher Pearson had just taken his degree in Theology at Oxford when the First World War broke out. He abandoned plans to be a missionary and was commissioned into the 9th (Service) Royal Warwickshire Regiment. This was one of Kitcheners New Army battalions and consisted almost entirely of volunteers.
Lieutenant A. C. Pearson landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the 13th July 1915, and was wounded in action on the 10th August at the Farm, Anzac. Pearson was promoted Captain in 1916 and, after recovering from his wounds, he rejoined his Battalion in Mesopotamia in June 1916. By December the British had succeeded in pushing the Turks back and by March 1917 Baghdad was taken. The Warwickshires attacked Turkish positions and, despite heavy shrapnel, captured objectives and took 100 prisoners. Casualties were heavy with 10 Officers and 140 other ranks being killed or wounded. Amongst the wounded was Captain Pearson. Once again.
During his convalescence Pearson had time to ponder over his aim in life and he decided to apply for a transfer to the Government's Political Department. He had decided, while at school in North Yorkshire, he would become a missionary and political duties in Mesopotamia would be an introduction to the work. So he learned the language and customs of the Arabs. Pearson was appointed Assistant Political Officer and Deputy Military Governor of Basra on March 26th, 1918. He became respected by many Kurds and other tribes and, in December 1918, he was transferred as Political Officer to Zakho where a small garrison had been deployed.
In March 1919 the Goyan tribe appealed to Alfred Pearson to pay them a visit with a view to their enrolment in the list of tribes within the sphere of British military occupation. They were perhaps the wildest of the tribes with whom Pearson had to deal. The valley in which they dwelt was particularly inaccessible. The courageous 26-year-old Political Officer was, however, devoted to his task and had already shown great skill in negotiations with Kurdish and other tribes. He wanted to reassure the tribesmen of British intentions and, in return for supplies of seed and grain, he hoped to persuade them to stop plundering their neighbours. That would constitute an important step towards pacification of the whole region. But on his way to the rendezvous accompanied by a Kurdish orderly and a few men of the Goyan, Pearson was ambushed and killed on 4th April 1919. The loss was a salutary lesson in dealing with Kurdish tribes without adequate support. Following the murder an attempt was made to penetrate the area with a military escort. But a large number of tribes had joined against the British. The whole area had become unstable. A fellow Political Officer told the family that the only reason for the murder of Captain Pearson was a fanatical hatred of a Christian. Captain Pearson's body was recovered and buried in North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad.
Pte Angus Pearson
British Army 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
from:Glasgow
(d.9th April 1918)
2nd Lt. Athelstan Pearson
British Army 5th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(d.13th June 1917)
Second Lieutenant Athelstan Pearson was killed in action on 13th June 1917 while serving with the 5th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.
Pte. C. E. Pearson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
Rfmn. Charles E. Pearson
British Army 9th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Ditton, Kent
(d.25th Aug 1916)
Rifleman Charles E Pearson was my father's eldest brother, and my uncle. He was wounded by a gunshot to his right forehead during the main attack on Delville Wood on the 24th of August 1916, and died of his wounds the following day, he was aged 32. He is buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Cpl. Charles Stephen Pearson
British Army 47th Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Brighton
(d.25th Oct 1914)
Charles Pearson was a shoeing smith with 47th Battery, Royal Field Artillery.
Pte. Edward Pearson
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.26th May 1915)
Edward Pearson served in the 2nd Battalion the Northumberland Fusiliers and was killed in action (aged 21) on the 26th May 1915. He is remembered at St Paul's Church and the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His medal card shows the award of the 1915 Star, British War and Victory medals (Pip, Squeak and Wilfred as they were popularly known).
Edward was the son of John and Mary Jane Pearson of 248 High Street, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 12 Stanley ------?, Jarrow. John (36) and Mary (35) have been married for 18 years and had ten children of which 7 survived. Edward (18) is the oldest and a general labourer at the shipyard. The remainder 3 boys and 3 girls are all of school age except the youngest Catherine who is 18 months old.
Sgt. Ellis Pearson
British Army Royal Field Artillery
Ellis Pearson was born in Drax, Yorkshire in 1882. He was my great uncle and I had the privilege of living with him and my mother for several years as a small child in Leicestershire.
He was in the Royal Field Artillery and served as a Sergeant in Gallipoli where he was wounded by shrapnel and sent home to recuperate. He was in hospital for two years recovering from his wound which was to his back. Due to this injury, he had a slight stoop and walked with a stick. He married, but sadly his wife, Queenie, passed away leaving no children. She had been a red cross nurse during the war.
I remember him with great fondness. He was lovely man. He would tell me stories of his time in the war about the lice he would try to get rid of from his uniform, without much luck! The flies in the jam etc. He was sad to leave behind a particular horse he was fond of called Judy.
I have in my possession his medals, cap badge, dog tag, signet ring and cigarette case. A photograph of him in uniform, actually smiling, and many others of him in old age at the time I knew him. He died aged 78 in 1959.
Sgt. Ellis Pearson
British Army Royal Field Artillery
Ellis Pearson was my great uncle whom I knew as a child. He served in the Royal Field Artillery and whilst in Gallipoli was badly wounded and invalided out. He spent two years in hospital in England recovering from his wounds. He was a kind, lovely old man and a great storyteller. After the war he became the editor of The British Oil and Cake Mills magazine. He was born in Yorkshire in 1882 and died at the age of 78.
Pte. Ernest Pearson
British Army 4th Btn. Y Coy. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Great Ayton
(d.15th September 1915)
Ernest Pearson is my 2nd cousin (3x removed) who is commemorated on both the Great Ayton War Memorial and the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. I think he enlisted in Stokesley, in 1912 or 1913, he was the son of Paul Pearson and the late Jane (nee Dixon) of Great Ayton.
Pte. Frank Pearson
British Army 8th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
(d.3rd May 1916)
Frank Pearso is buried in the Amara War Cemetery.
Rfmn. Fred Pearson
British Army 16th Btn Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Spotland, Rochdale, Lancashire
Fred Pearson was born on 6th May 1896 in Spotland, Rochdale the son of Harry & Sarah Pearson (nee Dearden).
He enlisted in October 1914 with a large group of current and ex members of the Church Lads Brigade, Fred was attached to St Clements Battalion. The battalion arrived in France in November 1915 and he served throughout the war and was discharged 11th Feb 1919. Little is known of his service as his service records did not survive the German bombing of WW2, however he was wounded at least once as I am in possession of a wounded stripe as well as his three service medals, 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
He married in 1920 to Emily Hunt and had two daughters Irene and Majorie. Emily died in 1937 and he married my mother Hilda Flinders and they had two sons Robert and John. He would never speak about his experiences in WW1.
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