The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A S Pearn

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Private Archibald Stanley PEARN, 242052, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died from weakness, Stendal Prisoner of War Camp, Germany, 15th May 1918.

1st June 1894, born Lansallos, Cornwall, son of John Thomas & Amelia Hannah Pearn.

1911 Census - Lansallos Village, near Polperro, Cornwall - John Thomas Pearn, head, age 48, married, carpenter (master), own account, home, born Lansallos, Cornwall; Amelia Hannah Pearn, wife, age 55, married 20 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Lansallos, Cornwall; Ethel Constance Pearn, daughter, age 19, single, born Lansallos, Cornwall; Archibald Stanley Pearn, son, age 16, single, apprentice carpenter, born Lansallos, Cornwall.

Enlisted Liskeard, Cornwall, age 21 years & 1 month, height 5ft 2½ inches, weight 140lbs, slight flat feet, herpes. Resided Lansallos, Cornwall. Formerly carpenter / wheelwright.

Home 19th February 1916 to 30th May 1917; BEF 31st May 1917 to 15th May 1918.

19th February 1916, enlisted; 20th February 1916, to Army Reserve; 16th August 1916, mobilized & posted 4/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment, Service No.9142; 14th December 1916, transferred to 2/5th Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th May 1917, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st May 1917, Southampton, embarked; 1st June 1917, Havre, disembarked; 10th February 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th March 1918, posted missing.

4th August 1918, Separation Allowance of 6/2 a week payable to mother will cease.

21st January 1919, report received from Official German list, died 15th May 1918, report from Prisoners Camp, Stendal, from weakness.

2nd December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, not married; Children - none; Father, John Thomas Pearn, Lansallos Polperreo, Cornwall; Mother, Amelia Hannah Pearn Lansallos Polperreo, Cornwall; Brothers - none; Sisters - Ethel Constance Pearn, age 28, Lansallos Polperreo, Cornwall.

Buried at Annois Communal Cemetery, II. A. 1., France. Memorial inside Parish Church, Lansallos, Cornwall / Polperro War Memorial.

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