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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
"A" Coy. 1st Mounted Rifles
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William King Pearce and Emma J. Pearce, of 140, Bedford Rd., Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Lieutenant Gordon Mackenzie Pearce, who died on April 26, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Pioneers.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Walter King Pearce
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Photo of WALTER KING PEARCE
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Walter King Pearce
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Newspaper Obituary
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Stained Glass Window
Stained glass window at Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto, to honour Walter King Pearce and Gordon Mackenzie Pearce. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Walter King Pearce
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter King Pearce
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter King Pearce
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter King Pearce
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter King Pearce
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter King Pearce
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter King Pearce
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter King Pearce
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 146 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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