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Stoker 2Nd Class DESMOND PEARCE

Service Number: D/KX140661
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Copra"

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY

R.C. Sec. (Men's). Plot P. Coll. grave 22.

Malta

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Pearce, of Burnley, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM; MAY HE REST IN PEACE

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Buried or commemorated at

MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
Malta
Number of casualties: 2656
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