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Lieutenant WILLIAM JAMES PEARCE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gloucestershire Regiment

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 December 1917

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-PLOUICH COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Pearce, of Linton, Gloucester; husband of Margery Barrett (formerly Pearce), of 34, Wellington Rd., Bilston, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO MAN HATH THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-PLOUICH COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 53
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