Herbert Pearce (buried 1889)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Pearce
First name: 
Herbert
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Male
Burial number: 
156
Born: 
0/6/1889
Died: 
00/09/1889
Buried: 
06/09/1889
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
8
Cemetery plot: 
4
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone description: 
Herbert Pearce is buried under the headstone for Elizabeth Thornton
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of our dear mother Elizabeth Thornton who fell asleep 23rd Febry 1927 aged 66 "and her children shall rise up and call her blessed"
Grave location map

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Life story

Life story

Herbert Pearce was born in 1889 in Heene, Sussex. His father, Edward Searby was a butler, living at Milton Street, Worthing and his mother, Caroline Amelia Price, was a seamstress. He had one brother and two sisters. He died aged 6 months and was buried in Heene Cemetery, Sussex.

Herbert's brother, Arthur, served as a footman and was a seaman in the navy. His sister, Violet, was a painter of golf balls before her marriage and his other sister, Gertrude Bessie, died in infancy and was buried at Heene.

Burial researcher: 
Pat Brownbill

Further information

Birth
Gender: 
Male
Date born: 
00/06/1889

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
00/09/1889
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Worthing, West Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Miscellaneous information

About ten years after Herbert's parents died, Edward and Caroline returned to London. Edward found a job as a live-in caretaker at the National Provincial Bank in Putney High Street. On the morning of 10 September 1922, Mrs Pearce was found dead on her bed in the caretaker's flat and Mr Pearce was found hanging in the basement. Caroline had been hit over the head with a coal pick and had injuries consistent with fighting her attacker. A friend of Mr Pearce said that he gambled and drank heavily. He was also being pursued for various debts. The jury at the inquest returned a verdict of murder and suicide. For further details the full inquest is reported in the West London Observer on 15 Sep 1922.