Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.131 | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 4B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Early Life :
He was native of Devonport, born in 1881. He married Florence 11, Benbow Street, Stoke, Devonport.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: HMS Nottingham |
| Action : Naval Campaign |
Naval Campaign is defined as to include all sea operations where attrition rates are in ones and twos and which do not fall within specific naval battles such as Jutland, Coronel, Falklands etc. This includes Merchant Navy losses.
Detail :
270869. (Dev) Engine Room Artificer 1st Class, Alfred Charles James Pearce, Royal Navy. HMS Nottingham. He "lost his life when H.M.S. Nottingham was sunk."
Ship Disasters in the Age of Steam "NOTTINGHAM: British Navy, light cruiser; 1913; Pembroke Dockyard; 5,400 tons; 450x49]x—; 12,000 i.h.p.; 24-75 knots; turbine engines; Yarrow boilers; nine 6 in. guns, four 3 pdr., 2 T. T. Nottingham was a unit of the 2nd light cruiser squadron of the Grand Fleet in 1916. On August 19th she was one of a light cruiser screen guarding the southern flank of the fleet, which had put to sea on hearing the news that Admiral Scheer was in the North Sea. The early morning was very hazy and at 5.30 Dublin sighted what she took to be a small fishing boat. In reality this was the submarine U-52, which 30 minutes later sent two torpedoes into Nottingham, flooding her boiler fires and extinguishing her electric light. The ship managed to keep afloat while Dublin did her best to keep the submarine down, but 25 minutes later a third torpedo hit the cruiser on the port side and all hope of saving her was abandoned. Capt. C. B. Miller ordered the crew to take to the boats and at 7.10 a.m. Nottingham sank. Thirty-eight men were killed."
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Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Brunswick No. 159 E.C. | Devonshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
1st April 1903 | 6th May 1903 | 3rd June 1903 |
Listed as Arthur Charles James Pearse in the register of the lodge. At his initiation, in 1903, he is a 27 year old Engine Room Artificer resident at Devonport. The final entry in the contribution record shows he "Died 19th August 1919," which is an error as it is written from the 1916 column.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley