Reginald Richard Pearce

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
410852
Unit at enlistment: 
38th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
November 27th, 1916
Cemetery: 
Etretat Churchyard - Seine-Maritime, France - II.A.10.
Commemorated at: 
B.C.I. High School Memorial Plaque
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
40 Duke Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Carpenter
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
36

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds (Gunshot Wounds Left Arm, Fracture Left Humerus,) at No. 1 General Hospital, Etretat.

BX November 29, 1916

Private Reginald Richard Pearce Killed in Action – Was With 38th Battalion In Bermuda and Later in France

Mrs. Richard Pearce of 40 Duke Street, today had word that her son Private Reginald Richard Pearce who enlisted with the 38th Battalion had been killed in action. Private Pearce enlisted with the 38th Battalion and was for some time in Bermuda with that body for training. Later he was transferred to another battalion before going to the front. Two sisters survive him, Miss Jean of the Academy of Music, and Mrs. S.T. Lee, of 61 Richmond Street.