BORN OWSTON FERRY, LINCOLN, 1875. SON OF SAMUEL PEARSON (1841-1906) & CHARLOTTE PEARSON (1846-1920). THREE OF THEIR FOUR SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. JOHN PEARSON WAS A SEAMAN BEFORE THE WAR AND WELL KNOWN ON HULL DOCKS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND GLOUCESTER REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/08/1915, AGED 41. HIS […]
