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849. Gnr. Pearce, George William Cole

Gunner

Date of Birth: c1892, Winchester, Hampshire (SR-F)
Occupation: GWR Porter
Employer: Great Western Railway Co
Enlisted - Date: 7/8/1914
Enlisted - Loc: Neath
1908 Serv. No: 849
Demobilised: 11/12/1916
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC. SWB.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born c1892, Winchester. Parents - Frederick & Sarah (CENS)

1901 - 35 Kinsgate St, Winchester. 8yo. W parents & 3 siblings

1911 - 51 North Walls, Winchester. 18yo. Occ-Under Gardner. W parents, one bro, one sis. Father Whitsmith?

1913 - Joined NU Railwaymen Neath No 1 as Porter

1921 - 4 Lower Brook St, Winchester. 29yo. Occ-Goods Porter, GWR, Winchester. W parents, one bro and 2 sis

1939 - DOB

Died 15/4/1959 (from Nat Un Railwaymen) Porter, joined 1913, Neath No1

Address:
5 Ropewalk Terrace
Neath (SR-F)

Military Service

Front 2 pages of SR survived on FMP

Likely initially joined 2nd Battery, poss posted elsewhere

went to France (poss Egypt)

Disch 11/12/1916, sick

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 22/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Discharged - Reason: Para 392 (xvi) Sickness
Final Unit: 1st Welsh (How) Bde (SWB)
Sources: (MIC)(ROLL)(SR-F)(SWB)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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