Private Ernest Osmond Peirce
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Peirce,
Ernest Osmond
Date of birth: 1895-02-06
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Josephine C Peirce (mother,) 470 River Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Secretary
Address:
470 River Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 208408
Highest Rank:
Private
(38th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 38th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1916-05-29 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He was killed while taking part in an attack on enemy positions South of Givenchy. No information as to the actual circumstances under which he met his death is available.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 1572947
LAC ID:
574399
Service file: B7821-S036
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Gerald F. and Josephine C. Peirce, of 594, Wardlaw Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Previous service: 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers militia; 6 months 181 O's Battalion
His Attestation Paper was manually corrected changing his given name to Esmond, which is how he signed the oath. On the reverse side it was changed to Edmond. His Ontario Birth Registration (039201) verifies that his birth name was Ernest Osmond Peirce, son of Gerald Peirce and Josephine Caroline Bredin.
LAC index uses Esmond Peirce.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 97th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 38th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-08-23