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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]

William Ewart Pearce

Born 1889

Died 1943

British Army T4/038359 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army

British Army T/693 Driver Army Service Corps Kent Brigade Coy

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Ernest Henry Pearce

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 3110 Rifleman London Regiment The Rangers

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Thomas George Pearce

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3716 Private London Regiment

British Army 321428 Private London Regiment

British Army 321428 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Joseph Pearce

Born 1885

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108475 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108475 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Richard John Pearce

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 112614 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) Depot Battalion

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Thomas Leonard Pearce

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army TR/8/2092 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army TR8/2092 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment Training Reserve

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George Pearce

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 12252 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Arthur Pearce

Born 1870

Died 1942

British Army 3228 Warrant Officer Class 2 Lancers

British Army 530710 Warrant Officer Class 2 Labour Corps

British Army 3228 Staff Sergeant Major Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1/1st Battalion

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John Frederick Pearce

Born 1897

Died 1925

Australian Imperial Force 5404 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Alfred Leslie Pearce-Gould

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Surgeon Royal Marine Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

Royal Navy Surgeon Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Eric Pearce-Serocold

Born 1870

Died 1926

British Army Brigadier General King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Major King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

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Arthur Robert Pearce

Died 1914

British Army 7778 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 7778 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Ernest Innes Pearce

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 137358 Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

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George Henry Pearce

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 14378 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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Herbert Arthur Pearce

Born 1897

British Army 102360 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William Henry Pearce

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 27663 Private South Wales Borderers

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Edward Charles Henry Pearce

Born 1882

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 190 Trooper Australian Light Horse

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Leonard George Pearce

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy 6455 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/6455 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - H.M.S. "Natal."

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Thomas Richard Pearce

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy PLY/30/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Battalion - Royal Naval Division

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Arthur Mueller Pearce

Born 1885

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 418 Private Australian Infantry

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