Monument record 0759800000 - Memorial to Lt Cpl W.C.Pearce

Summary

Plaque in memory ofLt. Cpl. W.C. Pearce killed in 1916

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Type and Period (1)

  • WAR MEMORIAL (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Plaque in memory of Lt. Cpl. William C Pearce who was killed in action at Aubers Ridge, France on 19 July 1916. The plaque originally hung in the Methodist Chapel at Booker but was moved on 10 January 2007 when the building ceased to be a church unknown. (Ref 1 & 2).

The "Buckinghamshire Remembers" web site has pictures of a newspaper clipping and other memorabillia concerned with the death of Lt Cpl W.C.Pearce. (ref 2)

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC24036 Digital archive: Imperial War Museum. 2011. UK National Inventory of War Memorials. UKNIWM 552255.
  • <2>SBC24038 Digital archive: June, Peter & Martin Underwood. 2011. Buckinghamshire Remembers database.

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Grid reference Centred SP 8234 0260 (2118m by 22381m)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 4 2020 9:06PM

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