Rifleman Thomas William Pearce
| Date of Birth | c1895 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 23 |
| Date of Death | 20 February 1917 |
| Service Number | 321428 |
| Military Service | City of London Rifles |
| Merton Address | |
| Local Memorial |
Additional Information
Thomas George Pearce Junior was born in St Luke’s Middx c1895, the son of warehouseman Thomas George Pearce and his wife Annie Elizabeth Pearce. By 1901 Thomas and his parents had moved to 45 Ashcombe Road in Wimbledon. By 1911 Thomas Junior, now aged 16, was working as an estate agent’s clerk. Thomas, his parents and two younger brothers still lived in Ashcombe Road.
On 25th December 1915 Thomas married Selina Wilson at Holy Trinity and St Peter Church Surrey. Records have not been found to establish when he enlisted in the London Regiment but at the time of his death he was a rifleman in the 1st/6th battalion City of London “D” Coy. His regimental number was 321428.
Rifleman Pearce was killed in action (missing presumed dead) in the Western European Theatre on 20 February 1917. He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 54 in Belgium and on the memorial tablet of the South Wall of the United Apolstolic Church (formerly St. Peter’s Church) in Kohat Road, Wimbledon.