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H.L. Pearce

Age at death: 27
Born: February 1890
Full name: Henry Leslie Pearce
Service, Regiment,
Corps, etc:
London Regiment
Unit, ship, etc: 2/15th Battalion (Civil Service Rifles)
Enlisted: 5 August 1914, Somerset House
Rank: Sergeant 530454
Decorations:  
War (and theatre): WW1 (Balkans)
Date of death: 24 May 1917
Manner of death: KIA
Family details: Son of Henry and Katherine Pearce, Great East Standen Manor, Isle of Wight
Residence:  
Home department: Board of Trade - Railway Department
Civilian rank: Second Division Clerk
Cemetery or
memorial:
Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece (E.1101)

Additional information and photographs

Photograph of Leslie Pearce, aged 21

(courtesy of D Langford)

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Leslie Pearce is commemorated on the scroll within the Civil Service Rifles Memorial at Somerset House, London WC2.

 

 

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