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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

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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]

Richard James Pearce

Born 1886

British Army 98165 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 98165 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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Sydney Herbert George Pearce

Born 1884

Died 1932

British Army 315002 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 9 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 726610 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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George William Pearce

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army 131881 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army Private Norfolk Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 131881 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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James Pearce

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy Stoker

Royal Navy 287188 Leading Stoker HMS Goliath

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Geoffrey Vincent Pearce

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 1080 Lance Corporal London Regiment 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artists Rifles)

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Charles Thomas Pearce

Born 1884

Died 1956

Australian Imperial Force 472 Driver 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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William Charles Pearce

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 23312 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Thomas Edward Pearce

Born 1857

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine

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William Edwin Pearce

Born 1880

Australian Imperial Force 2613 Private 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion

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Herbert Charles Pearce

Born 1897

Died 1987

British Army 12587 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1685 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Richard Pearce

Born 1883

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230270 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Cranwell Depot

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Arthur Pearce

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 203130 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 235428 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Frederick Arthur Pearce

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 2153 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2153 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles Matthew Pearce

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 306547 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Charles Pearce

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 10460 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/10460 Private HMS Goliath

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William Henry Pearce

Died 1914

British Army 7409 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Walter Pearce

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3787 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3787 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Charles Pearce

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army M2/176085 Private Army Service Corps M.T. Tractor Depot (Avomnouth)

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Robert Burt Pearce

Born 1856

Died 1916

British Army 11404 Private Royal Defence Corps 263rd Protection Coy

British Army 20029 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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George Pearce

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army L/5975 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

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