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Laurie Pearce

Played by Will Howard

Fact title Fact data
Date of birth
18 August 1888
Place of birth
Folkestone
Age at outbreak of WW1
25
Occupation
Post office worker
Address
Millfield, Folkestone

Vigilant and forthright, at the outbreak of the war Laurie works in the Post Office where he is convinced of shadowy conspiracy taking place.

Laurie is always keen to impress his embarrassed older brother with his encyclopaedic knowledge of cricket, but despite having the same mother and father, they seem to occupy very different worlds.