Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

There are six names on the WW1 Roll of Honour who served in King Edward's Horse. This was a little-known part-time unit which had a squadron in Liverpool in the years leading up to 1914, mostly recruited from men with connections in the dominions or colonies. The squadron had been part of the Yeomanry but was moved to the Special Reserve.
Liverpool directories listed the unit with a local HQ at Church Street, but a website on its origins states that they trained at the LIverpool Scottish HQ - Fraser Street. The local commanding officer was Walter Bancroft Pearch [can anyone find his civilian occupation?]
If anyone can add more I should be glad to hear from them.

The names on the TH Roll of Honour are:
Heeley, JE [or EJ]
Jackson, PS
Lewis, W
Miller, GA
Gabrielsen, M
Pritchard, HQ.

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Freemason records,

Walter Bancroft Pearch, Liverpool, Stockbroker.

Appears to have lived in various locations, Liverpool, New Brighton, London, died in Folkestone.

UK British Jewry Roll of Honour 1914-18



Medal Roll,

1911 census,

Morris, parents and siblings, all born Liverpool, also, Army Pension.

HEELEY, JOSEPH ENCELLE

Service Number 968

Died 24/06/1915

Aged 27

1st King Edward's Horse

Son of Joseph and Emerald Heeley, of 44, Downing St., Everton, Liverpool.

1911, census

J E Heeley, Born, Staffordshire, ships steward,

Father, born, Birmingham. mother born, St Helena, Africa.

JACKSON, PERCY SINGLETON
Service Number 13
Died 05/01/1917
Aged 23
1st King Edward's Horse
Son of John Charles and Beatrice Irene Jackson, of 6, Hertford Drive, Wallasey, Cheshire.

LEWIS, W

Service Number 1134

Died 18/09/1915

1st King Edward's Horse

Soldiers Effects,


Name:
Wilfred Lewis

Gender:
Male

Death Date:
18 Sep 1915

Death Place:
Manchester

Rank:
Trooper

Regiment:
1st K/Edwards Hose

Regimental Number:
1134

Thanks very much for all that detail. I had not been to tie in W Lewis, but with a first name I can now go further.
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Father, Montcalm Henry Lewis, Mother, Sophia,

160 Longmore Lane

PRITCHARD, HAROLD QUAYLE

Service Number 1633

Died 20/11/1917

Aged 19

1st King Edward's Horse

Son of William Henry and Anne Jane Pritchard, of 27, Woodhall Rd., Liverpool.

MILLER, GEORGE ALFRED (ALBERT)

Service Number 1039

Died 19/08/1917

Aged 30

1st King Edward's Horse

Son of Dr. George Foy, F.R.C.S., and Annie Miller, his wife. Born at Clontarf, Dublin.

Great information, as usual, and thanks again. Could you say where you found the C.O. Pearce was a stockbroker? I tried ANC and FMP without finding that. He did leave quite a sum!
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I have Anc Worldwide, I'm not sure if the below is available on other versions.

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/s ... ource=1904

Freemason Membership Register,


Name:
Walter Bancroft Pearch

Gender:
Male

Initiation Age:
35

Birth Year:
abt 1877

Initiation Date:
4 Nov 1912

First Payment Year on Register:
1912

Year Range:
1910-1921

Profession:
Stockbroker

Lodge:
Kings Colonials Lodge

Lodge Number:
3386

Folio Number:
266

Excellent, even tying in with the King’s Colonials, forerunners of the KEHorse. Thanks yet again.
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