Biography:
George Pearce
02/08/1886 –18/06/1947
George Pearce
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Plot 1045 George Pearce (1886-1947)
George was born 2 August 1886 in Romsey, Hants to Fred and Elizabeth (née Yeates) Pearce.
His father was a house painter and, by the time he was fourteen, young George was a grocer’s apprentice.
He was employed at one point by the International Tea Company in Mitre Lane, London. By 1911 he was a boarder in Watford and was a “grocer’s manager”.
He married Mildred Pocock 20 November 1915 in Berkhamsted and on 24 November he signed up for the Army. He was 29 years old and 5 foot 7 ½ inches tall and gave his home address as 15, High Street, Berkhamsted.
George was deployed at first in the UK with the Bedfordshire Regiment, then went to France 25 November 1916. On the 24 October he was wounded by shrapnel, losing his right eye and suffering wounds in his arm and cheek. He was returned to the UK in November with a weekly pension of 22 shillings “to be reviewed in 52 weeks”.
On 3 September 1917 he was discharged as “permanently unfit for war service.”
George was subsequently awarded the Silver War Badge, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
The 1921 census shows him back at 15, High Street living with his widowed mother-in-law Mary Ann Pocock. His injuries cannot have been too severe, as he was employed as a labourer for Kempsters, iron founders, perhaps the only work he could get locally at that difficult post-war time.
The 1939 Register shows that he and Mildred were still at 15, High Street and that he had returned to the work he was used to as a general shop assistant.
George died 18 June 1947. Mildred survived him until 1977, living to the age of 91.
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Plot 1045 George Pearce (1886-1947)
George was born 2 August 1886 in Romsey, Hants to Fred and Elizabeth (née Yeates) Pearce.
His father was a house painter and, by the time he was fourteen, young George was a grocer’s apprentice.
He was employed at one point by the International Tea Company in Mitre Lane, London. By 1911 he was a boarder in Watford and was a “grocer’s manager”.
He married Mildred Pocock 20 November 1915 in Berkhamsted and on 24 November he signed up for the Army. He was 29 years old and 5 foot 7 ½ inches tall and gave his home address as 15, High Street, Berkhamsted.
George was deployed at first in the UK with the Bedfordshire Regiment, then went to France 25 November 1916. On the 24 October he was wounded by shrapnel, losing his right eye and suffering wounds in his arm and cheek. He was returned to the UK in November with a weekly pension of 22 shillings “to be reviewed in 52 weeks”.
On 3 September 1917 he was discharged as “permanently unfit for war service.”
George was subsequently awarded the Silver War Badge, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
The 1921 census shows him back at 15, High Street living with his widowed mother-in-law Mary Ann Pocock. His injuries cannot have been too severe, as he was employed as a labourer for Kempsters, iron founders, perhaps the only work he could get locally at that difficult post-war time.
The 1939 Register shows that he and Mildred were still at 15, High Street and that he had returned to the work he was used to as a general shop assistant.
George died 18 June 1947. Mildred survived him until 1977, living to the age of 91.
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