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 DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 30/08/1918.
HE WAS BROTHER, TO SARAH, THOMAS, MARY, ADA, WILLIAM, CHARLOTTE, LILY, SAM & JOHN. BURIED AT BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER, NORD, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, L/CPL CHARLES PEARSON, DRAGOON GUARDS, WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 30/08/1917, AGED 46. ANOTHER BROTHER, PTE, SAMUEL PEARSON, EYR , WAS KILLED ON THE 16/06/1917, AGED 32.
First name:
JOHN ROBERT
Military Number:
19713
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/08/1915
Place died:
BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER, NORD, FRANCE.
Age:
41
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