BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JAMES PEARSON AND HANNAH GASK AT 35 , SEATON STREET, HULL (CWGC RECORDS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5/91175, 7TH TRAINING BATTALION. SERVED WITH THE KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 22/04/1918, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER HANNAH.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL , BELGIUM.
PTE, J PEARSON, EYR, IS ALSO LISTED ON THE NICHOLSON/TUNIS/ EXCHANGE STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (HDM 20/10/1916).
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Military Number:
46420
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/04/1918
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
