Name Samuel George Pearse No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1153 Awards VC MM
Regiment Royal Fusiliers, 45th Battalion
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Penarth, South Glamorgan, Wales
Place Of Death North of Emtsa, Russia
Buried/Location Ashes Obozerskaya Burial Ground, Emtsa & Souset Cemetery (Archangel Allied Cemetery), Archangel, Russia
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Special Memorial B, Grave 107
Gazetted 23 October 1919
VC Presented 25 September 1920 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his widow, Catherine
Memorials
P Named on North Russia Memorial (Panel 3, Column 2), Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey
P Name on War Memorial, Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales
P Memorial Plaque, Civic Centre, Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales
P Named on War Memorial, St Cyres School, Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales
P Display at Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Named on VC Memorial, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Statue, Deakin Avenue, Mildura, VIC, Australia
Samuel Pearse VC Memorial Garden, Mildura, VIC, Australia
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Pearse Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Pearse Close, Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, Memorial Garden, Rectory Lane, Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales
By The Way…
VC Held By
Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. On Loan
