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Rifleman E PEARCE

Service Number: 2778
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 May 1915

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUBERS RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, AUBERS

V. C. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward James and Rosa Pearce, of 13, Canvas St., Holbeck, Leeds. Native of Norfolk.
  • Personal Inscription A FAITHFUL SON GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN FATHER, SISTERS, BROTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

AUBERS RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, AUBERS
Nord France
Number of casualties: 722
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