BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS SHEMELDS TAYLOR (1848-1930) AND ELIZABETH BROWN PEARSON (1856-1938), OF CLEVELAND VILLA, SOUTHCOATES LANE, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A LAUNDRY OWNER AND HULL CITY COUNCIL ALDERMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.
THOMAS WORKED AS A CLERK IN HIS FATHER’S LAUNDRY BUSINESS. HE WAS SHOT BY A SENTRY, PRIVATE GREEN, OF THE DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT, ON DUTY AT GUISBOROUGH, SALTBURN. HE DIED AGED 32. HE LEFT FIVE SIBLINGS AND £424 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER. HIS INQUEST WAS REPORTED ON IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 29/08/1914.
First name:
THOMAS PEARSON
Regiment:
Military Number:
256754
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/08/1914
Place died:
Saltburn and Marske-by-the sea, Yorkshire, UK
Age:
32
CLEVELAND VILLA, SOUTHCOATES LANE, HULL, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
