BORN BEVERLEY 1895. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY JANE PEARSON, OF 160 NORWOOD, BEVERLEY. SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT FOR THE DARDENELLES, ON 11/07/1915. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 20.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE NORWOOD STREET MEMORIAL, BEVERLEY, WITH THREE BROTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED DURING THE WAR.
First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
17969
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
20
160 NORWOOD, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
