Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Wilfred Arthur Pearce
In memory of:
Captain Wilfred Arthur Pearce
September 25, 1944
Military Service
CDN/495
36
Army
York and Lancaster Regiment
Additional Information
July 8, 1908
Kenora, Ontario
May 21, 1940
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Wilfred Pearce was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the York and Lancaster Regiment as a CANLOAN Officer. Son of Fred Stanley Pearce and Emily Louise Pearce; husband of Mary Pearce, of Calgary, Alberta.
Commemorated on Page 414 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Belgium
VI. D. 14.
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY is located 58 Km north east of Leuven. From Leopoldsburg railway station turn right along the Nicolaylaan to the 'T' junction and turn left onto the Koninklijkstraat. Continue 300 M and turn right at the Koning Albert I Plein. 100 M after this turn left at the 'T' Junction and right at the next 'T' junction. Go a further 300 M to the end of the road and turn left into the Militair Domein. The cemetery is sited 200 M along on the right.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Gravemarker – Photo taken April 2000 at Leopoldsburg, Limburg, Belgium.
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