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 1899 - 1976 (76 years)
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| Name |
PEARCE, Wilfred John |
| Born |
5 Jun 1899 |
Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, England  |
| Christened |
16 Jul 1899 |
Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, England |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1901 |
Hooke, Dorset, England |
| Hooke Police Station (where father was Police Constable) |
| Residence |
1911 |
Bishop's Caundle, Dorset, England |
| Occupation |
15 Nov 1916 |
Poole, Dorset, England |
| Gardener |
| Occupation |
16 Nov 1916 |
| Enlisted into British Army aged 17yrs and 5 months |
| Address |
22 Aug 1918 |
Meaulte, France |
THE HUNDRED DAYS OFFENSIVE, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1918© IWM (Q 7301)
Battle of Amiens. Mark V (Female) tanks of the 4th Battalion, Tank Corps, passing through Meaulte on the day of its capture by the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (12th Division), 22 August 1918.
From Forces War Records:
Second Battles Of The Somme - Battle Of Albert - 22/08/1918
Location: Meaulte. Decisive Allied victory. In holding the German Spring Offensive, the Allies and particularly the B.E.F. took increased confidence in their ability to turn the tide of war in their favour.
Replacement troops, including newly-arrived Americans, and new equipment helped to rebuild after the losses earlier in the year and it was decided by the Allied command to go on the offensive. Third Army, still under the command of General Byng were to take and hold the alignment of the Arras to Albert railway.
Infantry were trained to work in co-operation with the armoured regiments (the new Whippet and Mk V tanks were much improved compared to their predecessors) and to coordinate with the RAF when air cover was needed. On 22nd August, Fourth Army, to the south of Third Army also recommenced its advance to support Third Army.
When the advance began 12th (Eastern) Division in III Corps, on the left flank of Third Army, were holding a position east of Morlancourt. Their objective on 22nd August was to advance east across the Morlancourt Ridge, south of Albert, 36th Infantry Brigade on the left and 35th Infantry Brigade on the right.
On the far left, 5th Royal Berkshire Regiment captured and cleared Meaulte with tank support. Following the capture of Meaulte the Division continued its advance across the old Somme battlefield, capturing Mametz and reaching Carnoy by 25th August.
Clearing Carnoy the Division continued east, clearing Bois Faviere (Faviere Wood) and capturing Hardecourt-aux-Bois before it was relieved on 29th August, an advance of 12 miles (18km). |
| Address |
22/Aug/1918 |
Meaulte, France |
THE HUNDRED DAYS OFFENSIVE, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1918© IWM (Q 6987)
Battle of Albert. Ruins of Meaulte taken by the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (12th Division), on 22 August 1918 (23 August). The pontoons were left behind by the British in March. |
| Address |
22/AUG/1918 |
Meaulte, France |
THE HUNDRED DAYS OFFENSIVE, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1918© IWM (Q 7302)
British tanks in Meaulte on same day as Wilfred Pearce was gassed there |
| Residence |
23 Aug 1918 |
Near Rouen, France |
Gassed by German troops and taken to the 55th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps. Suffered from chronic bronchitis since then http://www.1914-1918.net/fieldambulances.htm http://www.1914-1918.net/18div.htm
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| Occupation |
14 Mar 1919 |
Dublin |
| Re-enlisted in British Army |
| Residence |
29 Jul 1919 |
Londonderry, Ireland |
| Residence |
18 Jan 1920 |
Delhi, India |
| Clerk at Army HQ India |
| Occupation |
1921 |
| Discharged from British Army 2nd Battalion Dorset Regiment |
| Occupation |
26 Sep 1925 |
| Bailiff |
| Residence |
26 Sep 1925 |
Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, England |
| Residence |
1939 |
1 White Horse Drive, Poole, Dorset, England [1] |
| 1939 register TNA |
| Occupation |
Sep 1939 [1] |
| Builders Labourer |
| Died |
25 Mar 1976 |
Poole General Hospital, Poole, Dorset, England |
| Cause: 1a Bronchopneumonia 1b Chronic Bronchitis & Emphysema |
| Notes |
- Joined ? Staffordshire Regiment
Later Devon and Dorsets
Gassed during WW1
Served in Ireland and India
Private
Poole Hospital Heating Engineer
Death informed by Eva Pearce on 26/3/1976
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| Person ID |
I0009 |
Pearce |
| Last Modified |
4 Mar 2017 |
| Father |
PEARCE, Robert John, b. 02 Dec 1866, St James, Poole, Dorset ,England , d. last quarter 1940 (Age 73 years) |
| Mother |
PEARCE (nee WHITE), Rose Elizabeth, b. Jun 1871, Charminster, Dorset, England |
| Married |
14 May 1895 |
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Dorchester, Dorset, England |
| Family ID |
F004 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
PEARCE (nee READ), Eva Kate, b. 13 Mar 1902, Deptford, London, England , d. 17 Jun 1984, Poole General Hospital, Poole, Dorset, England (Age 82 years) |
| Married |
26 Sep 1925 |
St Marys Church, Longfleet, Poole, Dorset, England |
| Children |
| + | 1. PEARCE, David George, b. 24 May 1933, Poole, Dorset, England , d. Sep 2003, Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England (Age 70 years) |
| | 2. PEARCE, John Frederick, b. 7 Mar 1927, Poole, Dorset, England , d. 29 Jan 2013, Forest Hill House Nursing Home, Rushall Lane, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset, England (Age 85 years) |
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| Family ID |
F003 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 5 Jun 1899 - Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, England |
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| Christened - 16 Jul 1899 - Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, England |
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 | Residence - Hooke Police Station (where father was Police Constable) - 1901 - Hooke, Dorset, England |
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 | Residence - 1911 - Bishop's Caundle, Dorset, England |
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 | Occupation - Gardener - 15 Nov 1916 - Poole, Dorset, England |
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THE HUNDRED DAYS OFFENSIVE, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1918© IWM (Q 7301)
Battle of Amiens. Mark V (Female) tanks of the 4th Battalion, Tank Corps, passing through Meaulte on the day of its capture by the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (12th Division), 22 August 1918.
From Forces War Records:
Second Battles Of The Somme - Battle Of Albert - 22/08/1918
Location: Meaulte. Decisive Allied victory. In holding the German Spring Offensive, the Allies and particularly the B.E.F. took increased confidence in their ability to turn the tide of war in their favour.
Replacement troops, including newly-arrived Americans, and new equipment helped to rebuild after the losses earlier in the year and it was decided by the Allied command to go on the offensive. Third Army, still under the command of General Byng were to take and hold the alignment of the Arras to Albert railway.
Infantry were trained to work in co-operation with the armoured regiments (the new Whippet and Mk V tanks were much improved compared to their predecessors) and to coordinate with the RAF when air cover was needed. On 22nd August, Fourth Army, to the south of Third Army also recommenced its advance to support Third Army.
When the advance began 12th (Eastern) Division in III Corps, on the left flank of Third Army, were holding a position east of Morlancourt. Their objective on 22nd August was to advance east across the Morlancourt Ridge, south of Albert, 36th Infantry Brigade on the left and 35th Infantry Brigade on the right.
On the far left, 5th Royal Berkshire Regiment captured and cleared Meaulte with tank support. Following the capture of Meaulte the Division continued its advance across the old Somme battlefield, capturing Mametz and reaching Carnoy by 25th August.
Clearing Carnoy the Division continued east, clearing Bois Faviere (Faviere Wood) and capturing Hardecourt-aux-Bois before it was relieved on 29th August, an advance of 12 miles (18km). - 22 Aug 1918 - Meaulte, France |
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THE HUNDRED DAYS OFFENSIVE, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1918© IWM (Q 6987)
Battle of Albert. Ruins of Meaulte taken by the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (12th Division), on 22 August 1918 (23 August). The pontoons were left behind by the British in March. - 22/Aug/1918 - Meaulte, France |
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THE HUNDRED DAYS OFFENSIVE, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1918© IWM (Q 7302)
British tanks in Meaulte on same day as Wilfred Pearce was gassed there - 22/AUG/1918 - Meaulte, France |
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 | Residence - Gassed by German troops and taken to the 55th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps. Suffered from chronic bronchitis since then http://www.1914-1918.net/fieldambulances.htm http://www.1914-1918.net/18div.htm
- 23 Aug 1918 - Near Rouen, France |
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 | Occupation - Re-enlisted in British Army - 14 Mar 1919 - Dublin |
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 | Residence - 29 Jul 1919 - Londonderry, Ireland |
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 | Residence - Clerk at Army HQ India - 18 Jan 1920 - Delhi, India |
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 | Residence - 26 Sep 1925 - Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, England |
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 | Married - 26 Sep 1925 - St Marys Church, Longfleet, Poole, Dorset, England |
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 | Residence - 1939 register TNA - 1939 - 1 White Horse Drive, Poole, Dorset, England |
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 | Died - Cause: 1a Bronchopneumonia 1b Chronic Bronchitis & Emphysema - 25 Mar 1976 - Poole General Hospital, Poole, Dorset, England |
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