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Identity
Person No.
20445
Service No.
73232
Last Name
First Name
Norman Rodger Pearce
Initials
N R P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
XI. B. 3.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Pocock, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. F.C.I.S., A.I.A.C., F.R.Ec.S. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery

Research notes


K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): POCOCK, Norman Roger Pearce (Son of Ellen Mabel (born Couts) Pocock of 8 Southwold Mansions, 286 Musgrave Rd., Durban; previously 580 Point Road; father George William Pearce Pocock deceased 1915.) (DPHS 1925; S David’s Primary. Greytown; Durban High School 1927.) 73232 Lieutenant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 26/6/1913; baptised in St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church, Durban 8/10/1926; a company secretary by profession; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action during the Battle of El Alamein, Egypt. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, commemoration stone in Stellawood Cemetery, Durban, KZN, South Africa & on the RDLI; the Durban Cenotaph & the Durban High School WWII Memorials.) 24/10/1942 GGXN-HC8 29

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