Current Information:

Age-20

45, Tradescant Road, Vauxhall

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France

11th Royal West Surrey (Queens) were formed in Lambeth in June 1915 and arrived in France a year later as part of 123 Brigade, 41st Division. In July, 1916, while all attention was focused on the great events happening further south on the Somme, 41st Division were holding the line further north, just above Armentières. On 3rd July, 11th Queens moved into the front line trenches at Le Bizet. Percy Pearce died of wounds on 17th July, 1916 after having been evacuated to a base hospital at Boulogne, but the Battalion Diary gives has no information as to when and where he was wounded.