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Plymouth, Devon [8]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Torquay, Devon [4]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Minehead, Somerset, England [3]

Plympton, Devon [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Donald Victoria [2]

Exeter, Devon, England [2]

Henley, Oxfordshire [2]

Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

London [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Anerley, London S.E. [1]

Anerley, Surrey [1]

Attleborough, Norfolk [1]

Avonmouth, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham, England [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Burra South Australia [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Devon [1]

Dimboola Victoria [1]

Dounton, Wiltshire [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Godwell Street, London [1]

Guildford Western Australia [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hampstead, London, Middlesex [1]

Hawthorn Victoria [1]

Hayle, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [211]

Gunner [28]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Lieutenant [22]

Sapper [22]

Captain [20]

Serjeant [20]

Corporal [17]

Driver [11]

Major [11]

Lance Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brevet General [1]

Captain Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Corporal /Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Orderly [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [46]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

Labour Corps [24]

Devonshire Regiment [23]

London Regiment [22]

Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Army Pay Corps [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

2/6th Gurkha Rifles [2]

4th Cavalry [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Church Army [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [388]

Royal Navy [72]

Australian Imperial Force [41]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [588]

R [6]

S [2]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [572]

Merchant Navy [18]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

India [1]

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Plymouth, Devon [8] Sydney New South Wales [8] Exeter, Devon [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Torquay, Devon [4] Devonport, Devon [3] Minehead, Somerset, England [3] Plympton, Devon [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Camberwell, London [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Donald Victoria [2] Exeter, Devon, England [2] Henley, Oxfordshire [2] Kingsbridge, Devon [2] London [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Anerley, London S.E. [1] Anerley, Surrey [1] Attleborough, Norfolk [1] Avonmouth, Gloucestershire, England [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham, England [1] Bristol [1] Bristol England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Burra South Australia [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Devon [1] Dimboola Victoria [1] Dounton, Wiltshire [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Godwell Street, London [1] Guildford Western Australia [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hampstead, London, Middlesex [1] Hawthorn Victoria [1] Hayle, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [211] Gunner [28] Second Lieutenant [26] Lieutenant [22] Sapper [22] Captain [20] Serjeant [20] Corporal [17] Driver [11] Major [11] Lance Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Acting Corporal [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sister [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brevet General [1] Captain Major [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Corporal /Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Orderly [1] Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [46] Royal Field Artillery [31] Labour Corps [24] Devonshire Regiment [23] London Regiment [22] Army Service Corps [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Royal Fusiliers [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Army Pay Corps [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] 2/6th Gurkha Rifles [2] 4th Cavalry [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Church Army [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS TIGER [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [388] Royal Navy [72] Australian Imperial Force [41] Canadian Expeditionary Force [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [588] R [6] S [2] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [572] Merchant Navy [18] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [17] India [1]

William Ewart George Pearse

Died 1918

British Army 36194 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Raymond Stanley Pearse

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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William Francis Pearse

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 87483 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 87483 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Gerald Enrico Pearse

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2181 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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John Richard Pearse

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 43552 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 24389 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Thomas Pearse

Died 1916

British Army 16556 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Francis Pearse

Died 1918

British Army 362119 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick William Pearse

Born 1880

Canadian Expeditionary Force 55680

Canadian Expeditionary Force Corporal 2nd Canadian Division

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Richard Pearse

Australian Imperial Force W4969

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George Pearse

Australian Imperial Force 1630

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William George Trevor Pearse

Born 1897

Died 1955

British Army 45237 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

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Oscar Garnett Pearse

Australian Imperial Force 7571

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Walter Richard Pearse

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276497

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Samuel Pearse

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

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Cassandra Pearse

Born 1877

Died 1966

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service Reading War Hospital Section 5

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Arthur William Pearse

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 2129 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 2129 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Ernest Pearse

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 6073 Private Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 6073 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 6073 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Geoffrey Pearse

Died 1918

British Army 7722 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 7722 Acting Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 7722 Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

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William J Pearse

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 183706 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Pearse

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 3760 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 201066 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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