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Wilfred Arthur Pearce

In memory of:

Captain Wilfred Arthur Pearce

September 25, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

CDN/495

Age:

36

Force:

Army

Unit:

York and Lancaster Regiment

Additional Information


Wilfred Pearce was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the York and Lancaster Regiment as a CANLOAN Officer. Son of Fred Stanley Pearce and Emily Louise Pearce; husband of Mary Pearce, of Calgary, Alberta.

Commemorated on Page 414 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VI. D. 14.

Location:

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY is located 58 Km north east of Leuven. From Leopoldsburg railway station turn right along the Nicolaylaan to the 'T' junction and turn left onto the Koninklijkstraat. Continue 300 M and turn right at the Koning Albert I Plein. 100 M after this turn left at the 'T' Junction and right at the next 'T' junction. Go a further 300 M to the end of the road and turn left into the Militair Domein. The cemetery is sited 200 M along on the right.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Gravemarker– Photo taken April 2000 at Leopoldsburg, Limburg, Belgium.

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