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William Frears Pearson
Military Details
Service Number: WR/327160
Regiment & Unit / Ship
Inland Waterways & Docks Royal Engineers
Enlisted
17th September 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
17/9/1914
Place of Enlistment
Whitehaven
Residence at Enlistment
12, Hilton Terrace, Whitehaven.
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
7th Battn.
Service History
Transfer Details
Regiment Transferred To
Royal Engineers
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1890
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Address
12, Hilton Terrace, Whitehaven.
Residence (Census)
20, Michael St., Whitehaven
Residence (Roll of Honour)
12, Hilton Terrace, Whitehaven.
Parents
William & Mary H Pearson (nee Sanderson)
Siblings
Joseph,Stanley,Mary
Married
Mary Ann Tear
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Carter
Work Address
Grocers Warehouse
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
30th October 1918
Age at Death
29
Circumstances of Death
Died at Home
Place of Death
Pidenham Camp , Gloucestershire
Regiment at Death
Royal Engineers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
Inland Waterways & Docks
Rank at Death
Spr
Notes
Discharged 17 April 1915 due to valvular heart disease age 24
Buried or Commemorated at
Whitehaven Cemetry
United Kingdom
Private Memorial: Methodists church Cleator Moor , ST. JAMES, WHITEHAVEN WORLD WAR 1 MEMORIAL
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