BORN HULL 1876. SON OF LATE WILLIAM PEARSON. WIFE ETHEL LIVED AT 7, FAIRVIEW TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET AND 18, EMMA’S TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. SONS HARRY AND ALBERT. HE SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER.
TRANSFERRED TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. KILLED IN ACTION ON 27/10/1914, AGED 38.
BURIED AT LLE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HE IS REPORTED AS KILLED ON THE NORNABELL STREET ROLL OF HONOUR. Hull Daily Mail 08 November 1916
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
5314
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/10/1914
Place died:
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de calais, France
Age:
38
7 FAIRVIEW TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
