BORN IVYBINGE, DEVON 1892. SON OF FREDERICK THOMAS & LILLIAN M HOPKINSON AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS & GARLAND HALL, EWELL, SURREY. HE WORKED AS A CIVIL ENGINEER IN HULL, LIKE HIS FATHER. THE FAMILY HAD MOVED FROM WEXFORD, IRELAND IN 1901. HUGH WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT GALLIPOLI, ON 06/11/1915, AGED 23.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL.
HE LEFT £516 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, FREDERICK, AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
First name:
HUGH JAMES PEARSON
Regiment:
Rank:
1st Lieutenant
Date Died
06/11/1915
Place died:
hill 10 cemetery sulva turkey
Age:
23
