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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
16246
Age:
30
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Battalion
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Reginald Wilson Pearless and Alice Pearless, of Worthing, Sussex, England.
Additional citations
Distinguished Conduct Medal ( London Gazette, No. 29212, dated June 30, 1915) "For gallant conduct and devotion to duty near Keerselaere on 24th April 1915 in operating his machine gun on the enveloped right flank of his Battalion until he and his gun were blown up."
Digital gallery of Sergeant Hugh Nisbet Pearless
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Menin Gate
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Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Hugh Nisbet Pearless
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Hugh Nisbet Pearless
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 32 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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