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Robert Pearce

In memory of:

Sergeant Robert Pearce

March 1, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

132097

Age:

37

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

73rd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

August 28, 1880

Husband of Ada Lawrence Pearce, of Hochelaga, Montreal, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 307 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

2.D.23.

Location:

The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Robert Pearce– Photo taken from "A Short History and Photographic Record of the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Highlanders of Canada" Page 45. E Company.

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    Photo of Robert Pearce – Photo taken from "A Short History and Photographic Record of the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Highlanders of Canada" Page 45. E Company.
  • Attestation Paper (page 1)– Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War.

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    Attestation Paper (page 1) – Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War.
  • Attestation Paper (page 2)– Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War.

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    Attestation Paper (page 2) – Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War.
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    Entrance
  • Cemetery

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  • Grave marker

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  • Inscription– Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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    Inscription – Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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