BORN HULL 1878. SCULCOATES. SECOND SON OF JOHN (1841-1909) AND ELEANOR SUSAN PEARSON (1848-1929), OF 8 LITTLE GEORGE STREET, HULL. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER.
ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 19498, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 18TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 39. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELEANOR.
LISTED ON THE ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, PRIVATE, THOMAS PEARSON, 5513, SERVED IN THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PRIVATE, ROBERT PEARSON, 5415, SERVED WITH THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT.
First name:
SAMUEL BENJAMIN
Military Number:
23059
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
39
