Gerald Vyvyan Pearse (7 September 1891 – 19 December 1956) MBE MC was a South African first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Pearse initially played first-class cricket for Natal in South Africa, before moving to England to take up a Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford.
He served in the British Army during the First World War with the Royal Field Artillery, during which he was awarded the Military Cross.
[1][2] Prior to attending the university, Pearse had debuted in first-class cricket for Natal in two matches at Durban against Border and Griqualand West in the 1910-11 Currie Cup.
[4] He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in January 1916,[5] while in December of the same year he was made an acting captain and awarded the Military Cross.