ANCILL Harry Pearce

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
    Pearce 
  • Surname:
    ANCILL
  • Service Number:
    SS104187
  • Rank:

    Stoker 1st Class

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Unit:
    (RFR/PO/B/4796)
  • Ship:
    HMS Good Hope
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    1st November 1914
  • Age At Death:
    25
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England, Panel 4.
  • Place of Birth:
    Native of Overbury, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Albert William and Julia Ancill, of Stafford

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ANCILL Harry Pearce Is Named On These Memorials

Overbury and Conderton War Memorial

Further Information About ANCILL Harry Pearce

Harry Ancill was born on 3rd April 1888 in Overbury, Worcestershire.  At the time of his death his next of kin was his father, Albert William, 29 Rowley Grove, Stafford.

HMS Good Hope was a Drake Class Armoured Cruiser and along with other ships in this class was one of the fastest ships in the world at that time. She became the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock in his South American Squadron in August 1914. On 1st November 1914 off the coast of Chile the British ships encountered a number of German ships under the command of Vice-Admiral Graf Maximilian Von Spee. The ensuing Battle of Coronel resulted in the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth. There were no survivors from either ship.

Harry Ancill has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

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