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Sydney New South Wales [36]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [21]

London, Middlesex [18]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [17]

Adelaide South Australia [16]

Melbourne Victoria [16]

Plymouth, Devon [16]

Maidstone, Kent [15]

Devonport, Devon [14]

London, Middlesex, England [13]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [12]

Portland, Dorset [12]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [12]

Southampton, Hampshire [11]

Ballarat Victoria [10]

London England [10]

Islington, London [7]

Richmond New South Wales [7]

Aldershot, Hampshire [6]

Battersea, London [6]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [6]

Dover, Kent [6]

Emsworth, Hampshire [6]

Bermondsey, London [5]

Bristol England [5]

Greenwich, London [5]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

Kadina South Australia [5]

London [5]

Maidstone Kent [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Bath, Somerset [4]

Broken Hill New South Wales [4]

Charters Towers Queensland [4]

Fulham, London [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Newbury, Berkshire [4]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [4]

Paddington, London [4]

Poole, Dorset [4]

Surrey [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Calstock, Cornwall [3]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3]

Chard, Somerset [3]

Cornwall [3]

Cornwall England [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Rank

Private [3478]

Gunner [425]

Driver [299]

Corporal [274]

Serjeant [267]

Sapper [249]

Lance Corporal [160]

Second Lieutenant [93]

Lieutenant [76]

Acting Corporal [62]

Pioneer [55]

Captain [52]

Bombardier [50]

Acting Serjeant [46]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [25]

Company Serjeant Major [24]

Rifleman [24]

Lance Serjeant [19]

Acting Bombardier [14]

Able Seaman [12]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Staff Serjeant [12]

Major [11]

Trooper [11]

Worker [11]

Acting Lance Corporal [9]

Colour Serjeant [9]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Staff Nurse [8]

Battery Serjeant Major [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Leading Stoker [6]

Private Acting Serjeant [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Drummer [5]

Lance Bombardier [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Nurse [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Transport Serjeant [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Boy [3]

Conductor [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [495]

Royal Field Artillery [478]

Army Service Corps [411]

Labour Corps [375]

London Regiment [267]

Royal Garrison Artillery [265]

Royal Army Medical Corps [195]

Machine Gun Corps [146]

Royal Fusiliers [146]

Hampshire Regiment [142]

Gloucestershire Regiment [131]

Rifle Brigade [123]

Devonshire Regiment [119]

Middlesex Regiment [112]

Wiltshire Regiment [104]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [102]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [98]

Somerset Light Infantry [86]

Worcestershire Regiment [83]

The Queen's Regiment [82]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [79]

Royal Army Service Corps [78]

Welsh Regiment [75]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [69]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [69]

Northumberland Fusiliers [64]

South Staffordshire Regiment [62]

Norfolk Regiment [57]

Army Ordnance Corps [56]

Dorsetshire Regiment [54]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [54]

East Surrey Regiment [52]

Liverpool Regiment [52]

Royal Defence Corps [52]

Essex Regiment [51]

Durham Light Infantry [50]

Bedfordshire Regiment [49]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [49]

Lancashire Fusiliers [48]

Royal Naval Division [47]

South Wales Borderers [47]

Royal West Kent Regiment [45]

East Kent Regiment [41]

Royal Sussex Regiment [39]

Lincolnshire Regiment [38]

Northamptonshire Regiment [38]

Suffolk Regiment [38]

West Yorkshire Regiment [38]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [33]

Army Veterinary Corps [32]

Service

British Army [5413]

Royal Navy [713]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [455]

Australian Imperial Force [405]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [294]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [94]

South African Services [5]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [7513]

C [2]

A [1]

B [1]

S [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7340]

Merchant Navy [118]

Conscientious Objector [19]

Country

United Kingdom [152]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [36] Southampton, Hampshire, England [21] London, Middlesex [18] Bristol, Gloucestershire [17] Adelaide South Australia [16] Melbourne Victoria [16] Plymouth, Devon [16] Maidstone, Kent [15] Devonport, Devon [14] London, Middlesex, England [13] Birmingham, Warwickshire [12] Portland, Dorset [12] Portsmouth, Hampshire [12] Southampton, Hampshire [11] Ballarat Victoria [10] London England [10] Islington, London [7] Richmond New South Wales [7] Aldershot, Hampshire [6] Battersea, London [6] Brighton, Sussex [6] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [6] Dover, Kent [6] Emsworth, Hampshire [6] Bermondsey, London [5] Bristol England [5] Greenwich, London [5] Hobart Tasmania [5] Kadina South Australia [5] London [5] Maidstone Kent [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Bath, Somerset [4] Broken Hill New South Wales [4] Charters Towers Queensland [4] Fulham, London [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Newbury, Berkshire [4] Oxford, Oxfordshire [4] Paddington, London [4] Poole, Dorset [4] Surrey [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Calstock, Cornwall [3] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3] Chard, Somerset [3] Cornwall [3] Cornwall England [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Rank

Private [3478] Gunner [425] Driver [299] Corporal [274] Serjeant [267] Sapper [249] Lance Corporal [160] Second Lieutenant [93] Lieutenant [76] Acting Corporal [62] Pioneer [55] Captain [52] Bombardier [50] Acting Serjeant [46] Warrant Officer Class 2 [25] Company Serjeant Major [24] Rifleman [24] Lance Serjeant [19] Acting Bombardier [14] Able Seaman [12] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Staff Serjeant [12] Major [11] Trooper [11] Worker [11] Acting Lance Corporal [9] Colour Serjeant [9] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Staff Nurse [8] Battery Serjeant Major [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Leading Stoker [6] Private Acting Serjeant [6] Temporary Captain [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Drummer [5] Lance Bombardier [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Nurse [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Transport Serjeant [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Boy [3] Conductor [3] Deck Hand [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [495] Royal Field Artillery [478] Army Service Corps [411] Labour Corps [375] London Regiment [267] Royal Garrison Artillery [265] Royal Army Medical Corps [195] Machine Gun Corps [146] Royal Fusiliers [146] Hampshire Regiment [142] Gloucestershire Regiment [131] Rifle Brigade [123] Devonshire Regiment [119] Middlesex Regiment [112] Wiltshire Regiment [104] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [102] Royal Berkshire Regiment [98] Somerset Light Infantry [86] Worcestershire Regiment [83] The Queen's Regiment [82] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [79] Royal Army Service Corps [78] Welsh Regiment [75] King's Royal Rifle Corps [69] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [69] Northumberland Fusiliers [64] South Staffordshire Regiment [62] Norfolk Regiment [57] Army Ordnance Corps [56] Dorsetshire Regiment [54] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [54] East Surrey Regiment [52] Liverpool Regiment [52] Royal Defence Corps [52] Essex Regiment [51] Durham Light Infantry [50] Bedfordshire Regiment [49] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [49] Lancashire Fusiliers [48] Royal Naval Division [47] South Wales Borderers [47] Royal West Kent Regiment [45] East Kent Regiment [41] Royal Sussex Regiment [39] Lincolnshire Regiment [38] Northamptonshire Regiment [38] Suffolk Regiment [38] West Yorkshire Regiment [38] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [33] Army Veterinary Corps [32]

Service

British Army [5413] Royal Navy [713] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [455] Australian Imperial Force [405] Canadian Expeditionary Force [294] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [94] South African Services [5] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [7513] C [2] A [1] B [1] S [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7340] Merchant Navy [118] Conscientious Objector [19]

Country

United Kingdom [152] Canada [2] Australia [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Walter James Pearce

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 9406 private Royal West Kent Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army GS/9406 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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Simon Pearce

Born 1894

Died 1940

Australian Imperial Force 16370 Private Australian Army Carrier Corps

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Reginald Alfred L Pearce

Born 1875

Died 1942

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261790

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Ivor Idris Pearce

Born 1890

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101784

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101784 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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Richard Pearce

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 542 Lance Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Labour Corps

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Aubrey Pearce

Born 1892

Died 1947

Australian Imperial Force 3918 Lance Corporal 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Samuel David Pearce

Born 1889

Died 1944

British Army 1805 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1805 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1805 Royal Field Artillery 47 Brigade (XLVII)

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Raymond Arthur Pearce

Born 1886

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 29768 Driver 14th Field Artillery Brigade

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Frederick Alfred Pearce

Born 1898

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2972 Private 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion

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George William Pearce

Born 1871

Died 1918

Royal Navy

British Army 2893 Rifleman London Regiment 11th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 2893 Rifleman London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) 11th (Reserve) Battalion

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Eric Cecil Pearce

Born 1886

Died 1946

British Army 1571 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1st Battalion

British Army 1571 Lance Corporal Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1st Battalion

British Army 1571 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1st Battalion

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Robert William Pearce

Born 1869

Died 1950

British Army DM2/118307 Private Army Service Corps No 1st Mechanical Transport Vehicle Reception Park

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Eber Maurice Pearce

Born 1885

Died 1933

British Army 3552 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 3552 Private Hampshire Regiment 2/6th Hants Depot Battalion

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Aubrey Julian Pearce

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army G-19182 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/19182 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Daniel Pearce

Born 1897

Died 1961

Australian Imperial Force 322 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Arthur William Pearce

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 7671 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 7671 Private The Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edwin Pearce

Born 1896

Died 1984

British Army 16775 Corporal Scottish Rifles

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Frederick Pearce

Born 1887

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 7085 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Louis Reginald Pearce

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 3512 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77347 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Albert Ernest Pearce

Died 1916

British Army 3/7996 Company Serjeant Major Bedfordshire Regiment 7 Battalion

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