The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private P T Pierce

Photograph by "soilsister"

Private Percy Thomas PIERCE, G/4812, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd February 1918.

Born Hawkhurst, Kent, son of William Cambridge & Emily Pierce, Barsland Farm, Ebony, Kent / Ramsden Cottage, Stone-cum-Ebony, Kent.

1911 Census - Frenchurst Farm, Sandhurst, Kent - William Pierce, head, age 51, married, farm bailiff, worker, born Buxted, Sussex; Emily Pierce, wife, age 54, married 31 years, 10 children, 9 still alive, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; Charles Pierce, son, age 30, single, general labourer, worker, born Staplehurst, Kent; Daniel Pierce, son, age 25, single, general labourer, worker, born Hawkhurst, Kent; Percy Pierce, son, age 20, single, horseman on farm, worker, born Hawkhurst, Kent; Clement Pierce, son, age 13, horseman on farm, worker, born Sandhurst, Kent; William Pierce, son, age 11, school, born Sandhurst, Kent; Edwin Pierce, son, age 9, born Sandhurst, Kent.

Enlisted Hastings, Sussex, age 23, height 5ft 6½ inches. Resided Lamberden, Newingden, Kent. Formerly carter.

Home 30th November 1914 to 20th April 1915; BEF 21st April 1915 to 29th September 1916; Home 30th September 1916 to 9th July 1917; BEF 10th July 1917 to 3rd February 1918.

30th November 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd January 1915, Chatham, overstaying his pass from Tattoo until 10.10am on 4th January 1915, admonished, forfeits 2 days pay; 21st April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 25th April 1915, joined Battalion, "D" Company, In the Field; 11th September 1916, wounded; 11th September 1916, Casualty Clearing Station, wounded, shrapnel wound right hand; 19th September 1916, to England; 20th September 1916 to 6th January 1917, Hospital, shrapnel wound right hand; 30th September 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th January 1917, posted Tipperary, Irish Command Depot; 4th May 1917, Tipperary, Irish Command Depot, marched 12 miles without equipment; 11th May 1917, Tipperary, Irish Command Depot, marched 12 miles carrying full equipment; 16th May 1917, Tipperary, Irish Command Depot, marched 12 miles carrying full equipment, examined when the march was finished and found he was not over fatigued; 28th May 1917, Tipperary, Irish Command Depot, placed in Category "A"; 3rd June 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th July 1917, posted BEF & 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th July 1917, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

25th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Pierce William C, Ramsden Cottage, Ebony, near Ashford, Kent; Mother, Pierce Emily, Ramsden Cottage, Ebony, near Ashford, Kent; Brothers - Charles Pierce, age 40, No.5. Levetts Lane, Poole, Dorset; Clement A Pierce, age 26, Ramsden Cottage, Ebony, near Ashford, Kent; Edwin M Pierce, age 18, Ramsden Cottage, Ebony, near Ashford, Kent; W F? Pierce, age 20, Ramsden Cottage, Ebony, near Ashford, Kent; Sisters - Georgina Webb, age 38, Knowle Hill, Bodiam, Sussex; Olive E Pierce, age 31, ??????, ??????, Boughton Monchelsea.

Buried at Hargicourt British Cemetery, I. I. 14., France.

Lost Men not appearing on Hawkhurst War Memorial. Commemorated on Newenden War Memorial.

This page was last updated on 25-May-2021.