Pearson, Arthur Harold

BORN HULL 06/12/1893. SON OF FRED PEARSON (1863-1942) AND EMILY PEARSON (1867-1943), OF  3 BLAYDES STREET, HULL AND 7 CHESTER AVENUE, MANVERS STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT ST JOHNS SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS A HORSE DRIVER FOR THE HULL CORPORATION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 12/08/1914. SERVED WITH THE 3RD BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED BY A SNIPER AT LA BASSEE WHILE LOOKING THROUGH A LOOP HOLE. HE WAS KILLED INSTANTLY, ON 06/07/1915, AGED 21. HE IS LISTED AS KILLED ON BLADES STREET ROLL OF HONOUR. HE WAS BURIED IN THE CEMETERY AT CAMBRIN CHURCH YARD, ABOUT FOUR MILES EAST OF BETHUNE AND ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILES WEST OF LAS BASEE.

HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 13TH AUGUST 1915. *

HE WAS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE BLAYDES STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (HDM 21/12/1916)
HIS DETAILS ARE LISTED IN THE DE RUVIGNEY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 2, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *


First name:
ARTHUR HAROLD
Military Number:
10925
Rank:
Private
Date Died
06/07/1915
Place died:
Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
7 CHESTER AVENUE, MANVERS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK