Cpl
Philip Sewell Pearson
Military Details
Service Number: 3602672
Regiment & Unit / Ship
6th Bttn Kings Own Scottish Borderers
Service Branch
Army
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
Ennerdale Rd , Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
5th
Service Number at Enlistment
3602672
Service History
Transfer Details
Regiment Transferred To
Kings Own Scottish Borderers
Personal Details
Date of Birth
30th April 1916
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Address
149 Ennerdale Rd, Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Ennerdale Rd , Cleator Moor
Parents
Joseph Charles & Annie
Siblings
Arthur C , Annie Eillen Mary Isobel
Married
Ann ne Cowen
Children
Ian Westray
Education and Occupation
School
Montreal
Occupation
Potter
Work Address
34 Ennerdale Rd, Cleator Moor
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
21st November 1944
Age at Death
28
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Official information has been received by Mrs. P. S. Pearson, Ennerdale Road, Cleator Moor, that her husband, Col. P. S. Pearson, has died of shrapnel wounds sustained during the fighting in N.W. Europe.
Cpl. Pearson is the second son of Mrs. J. C. and the late Mr. J. Pearson, painters and decorators, Ennerdale Road, Cleator Moor, with whom he served his apprenticeship.
Place of Death
Holland
Theater of Action
Western Europe
Battle
Mierlo
Regiment at Death
Kings Own Scottish Borderers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
6th Bttn.
Rank at Death
Cpl
Notes
Before joining the Army five years ago, he studied at the Royal College of Art, writing in Edinburgh where he gained many prizes. He is an old boy of Montreal School. His brother, Sergt. A. C. Pearson, is serving in the Middle East. Many expressions of sympathy have been extended to his wife and child, by whom he is survived, and to his widowed mother.
Buried or Commemorated at
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