in the grave; the grave was precisely as shown on the 1925 map; a toe was missing from the right foot, as mentioned in Pearse's Australian army records; and the whitewashed stones found during the exhumation appeared to be those shown in the 1919 photograph. On 29 August 2019, a brief ceremony with nine people in attendance took place at the remains of the bunker where Pearse died, unofficially commemorating the 100th anniversary. Those in attendance included seven Russians – three members of the search team, a priest, a female interpreter, a female reporter and her cameraman – and two Australians, Damien Wright, historian and author (Churchill's Secret War With Lenin, 2017), and Richard Christen, grandson of Pearse. Family life While on leave in England in January 1918 Pearse met Kitty Knox, an ambulance driver serving in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. They were engaged in May 1918 and that same month spent time together while Pearse was convalescing after suffering a foot wound. They were married on 1 June 1919 in Durham and when Kitty became pregnant they had decided to delay returning to Australia. The couple had a daughter, Victoria Catherine Sarah Pearse, born in February 1920, after his death. Kitty and Victoria later emigrated in May 1920 to Australia and Kitty married Albert Rose. Notes References External links List of Australian winners of the Victoria Cross 1897 births 1919 deaths Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War Australian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross Legion of Frontiersmen members People from Penarth British Army personnel of the Russian Civil War Royal Fusiliers soldiers Australian recipients of the Military Medal Welsh emigrants to Australia People educated at Stanwell School British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Australian Army soldiers Burials at Archangel Allied Cemetery British military personnel killed in action