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Eric H. Pearce Leading Seaman |
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Eric H. Pearce Leading Seaman |
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Newspaper clipping from the Bradford Telegraph and Argus dated 11th December 1941 (supplied by Frank Sugden) |
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Died during the sinking of Repulse.
Text of the above news clipping for Eric H. Pearce: WEST RIDING MEN IN SUNK WARSHIPS Among Yorkshiremen believed to have been in the Repulse are Engine-room Artificer Morris Bateson, aged 27, grandson of Mrs Lavinia Gaunt, Peel Street, Pudsey; Leading Seaman Eric H. Pearce, aged 22, eldest son of Mr an Mrs H. Pearce, Hawkhill Croft, Guiseley, who was married last February; and Able Seaman George Watt, aged 28, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Percy Watt, Queen Street, Rawdon
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission record:
In Memory of
ERIC HOLLINGS PEARCE
Leading Seaman
D/JX 144179
H.M.S. Repulse, Royal Navy
who died on
Wednesday 10 December 1941 .
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Devon, United Kingdom
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Panel 46, Column 1.
