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Dudley, Dudley Road, Express & Star, John Pearce, Merridale Street, Penn Road, South Staffordshire Regiment, St Paul's Church
John was born in Dudley in 1886, the son of William and Lydia Pearce. In 1891 he was living with his parents at 183 Dudley Road, alongside his brothers William and George and sisters Emily and Gertrude. By 1901 they were at 42 Gordon Street and John had become a warehouse boy. John enlisted with the 1st Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment (number 8426), and he appeared with them in 1911.
John rose to become a Lance Sergeant. On 7 December 1914 he was reported as missing, and by 11 March 1916 it was reported in the Express & Star that he had been confirmed as having been killed in action. By the time of his death, his mother’s address was given as 124 Merridale Street, Penn Road, Wolverhampton. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He may be the “J. Pearce” listed on the St Paul’s Church St Paul’s Church war memorial.
William was born in Claverley in 1892, the son of Joseph and Jane Nabbs. In 1901 he was living with his parents at 36 Dale Street, Wolverhampton, together with sisters Emily and Florence. By 1911, he was living with his (now married) sister and brother-in-law, Florence and Reuben Bradley, at 64 Herbert Street, with an additional sister, Maud, and brother George. William was a hawker. In 1913, he married Mary E. George in Wolverhampton, and they had a son, William J., in 1914.
Wolverhampton in 1890. In 1891, they were living at 16 Noakes Buildings, Wolverhampton, together with David’s brothers Thomas, Charlie, 
Harry was born in Wolverhampton in 1875, the son of Harry and Margaret Ward. He married Mary Jane Beards in 1897, and by 1911 they were living at 110 Beacon Street, Springfields, Wolverhampton, together with their son, Richard Thomas, and niece, Fanny Cross. Harry became a brass draper or finisher and at one point worked for Tonks and Sons, Church Street, Wolverhampton.
Wolverhampton's War 