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Private William Henry Pearce

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Private William Henry Pearce

Birth
Death
12 Feb 1920 (aged 16–17)
Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland
Burial
Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland Add to Map
Plot
Section 5
Memorial ID
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01907 Private W. H. Pearce
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1st Battalion.

The state death records name him as William Pearce and give his date of birth as 1903.
The CWGC records name him as Pearce.
The headstone names him as Pearce, aged 19.

No birth of a William Pearce was registered in the years 1900-1903 in Ireland.

He died when swimming near Finner, when he and Guy F. P. Roberts were swept off rocks near Ballyshannon, and carried out to sea.
01907 Private W. H. Pearce
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1st Battalion.

The state death records name him as William Pearce and give his date of birth as 1903.
The CWGC records name him as Pearce.
The headstone names him as Pearce, aged 19.

No birth of a William Pearce was registered in the years 1900-1903 in Ireland.

He died when swimming near Finner, when he and Guy F. P. Roberts were swept off rocks near Ballyshannon, and carried out to sea.

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