Dudley Hogarth Pearce
Memorial: Thornbury - Castle School
Regiment: Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 2162
Parents: Henry Charles and Eliza Jane Sarah Pearce
Home address: Haywood Farm, Elberton, Olveston, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Farmer
Date of birth: 1884
Place of birth: Winford, Somerset
Date of death: 28/08/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Green Hill Cemetery (Ref. II. G. 2.), Gallipoli, Turkey
Age: 31
Further information:
Dudley Hogarth Pearce was born in Winford, Somerset in 1884. He was the son of Henry Charles Pearce of Winford and his wife, Eliza Jane Sarah who was born in Otago, New Zealand and brother of Charles Pearce also named on this memorial. By 1891 the family had moved to Morton where Henry was a farmer. The 1901 Census shows they had moved again, this time they were in Hayward Farm, Elberton and Dudley had begun to work with his father on the farm. They were still there in the 1911 Census
Dudley enlisted in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars in Bristol in 1914. In August 1915 Dudley’s unit moved to Gallipoli and on to a night landing at Suvla Bay where they cam up against the Turks. On 28th August 1915 Dudley was Killed in Action as a result of particularly heavy shelling by the Turks. He was initially buried in a grave where they fell, but later the remains were removed to Green Hill Cemetery close to where he died
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Thornbury Roots Website, Forces War Records and CWGC