Personal Details of Percy Edward Peirce
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| Died: | 09/06/1917 |
| Buried: | 13/06/1917 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Percy Edward Pearce | ||||||
| Age at Death | 19 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 13 June 1917 | ||||||
| Abode |
Salcombe Road
Newbury |
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| Official at Burial | L.R. Majendie (Rector) | ||||||
| Comments | Real name (as confirmed on Monument) is Peirce, but Burial register definitely shows Pearce. Free BMD gives Peiroe which is probably wrong | ||||||
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| Sources | Burial Register |
Burial Register entry for Percy Edward Peirce
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Burial Register Entry for Percy Edward Peirce
Memorial Details
| From top of Headstone: In Ever Loving Memory Of/ Percy Edward Peirce/ died June 9th. 1917 aged 19 years/ Also William Alfred Peirce/ Killed in Action in France/ Sept. 15th 1916 aged 26 years./ "Oh, how early gone to Rest." | |
| Name on Memorial | Percy Edward PEIRCE |
| Date of death | 09/06/1917 |
| Age | 19 |
| Gender | Male |
| Memorial Type | Headstone |
| Construction Material | Limestone |
| Condition of memorial | Headstone is lying flat on ground. Poor condition. Significant vegetation. Engraved. |
| Pattison Location Code | LS(C) 6 |
| Others named on memorial | |
| William Alfred PEIRCE |
Newspaper Cuttings
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Percy Edward Peirce
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 21/06/1917 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: |
PEIRCE – June 9 at 2 Salcombe Road, Newbury, Percy Edward, beloved son of Charles and Elizabeth, aged 19 years. Newbury Weekly News 21 June 1917 |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
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Percy Edward Peirce death cert.
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Biographical Information
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Percy Edward Peirce
Percy Edward Peirce
He was born in 1898 in Chichester, Sussex, the second son of Charles Peirce, a Bootmaker/Repairer, and Elizabeth (nee Russell). He grew up in Tunbridge Wells with this elder brother William Alfred and his sisters Florence May and Annie Elizabeth. He followed his father's trade and became a Boot Repairer (Journeyman) and he died aged 19 years from "Tubercular Disease of the Lung" on 9th June 1917 at 2 Salcombe Villas, Salcombe Road, Newbury, his father being present at his death.
He was buried on 13 June 1917. His brother William Alfred Peirce was killed in action in France on 15 September 1916 and his name is remembered on his brother's gravestone as well as on the Newbury Town War Memorial and on the Thiepval Memorial to The Missing of The Somme.
Source: Birth Index 1Q 1898; 1891 and 1901 Census; Death Index June 1917; Copy Death Certificate.
Also go to the link for West Berkshire Memorials/William Alfred Peirce for more details on the family background.
Mrs. P. Code LS (C) 6, page 139
Author: B Syvester
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