Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookar in Aug. 1914; went to France, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried in the churchyard there. =PEARSON, FREDERICK PHILLIPS=, Corpl., No 2881, 6th Battn. South Staffordshire Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Edward Pearson, of Whitchurch, co. Salop, formerly of Waterloo, Liverpool, retired Draper, by his wife, Maria, dau. of the late Thomas Phillips, of Chelmsford, Essex; _b._ Liverpool, 11 May, 1880; educ. Merchant Taylors' School, Great Crosby, and on leaving entered the service of the National and Provincial Bank of England, and was stationed at Chester. He there joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. of the Cheshire Regt., and on the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, volunteered and served with the 1st Volunteer Coy. of that Regt., in that campaign, and was awarded the Queen's medal with three clasps. On the outbreak of the European War he was Cashier at the Wolverhampton branch of the National and Provincial Bank, and again volunteered for active service; joined the 6th (Territorial) Battn. South Staffordshire Regt. in Sept. 1914; went to the Front in March, 1915, and was killed in action near Zillebeke, 7 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried in Sanctuary Wood. His Lieut. wrote: "A shell came over which did not explode but crashed in a dug-out burying two men, one of whom was lying in the débris wounded. Pearson and another man at once got to work to dig them out, and had just succeeded when another shell came over, and a bit struck Pearson on the head. I took him up myself, but all to no purpose, he was hit badly. We all recognised his position, and others like him nobly served their country by joining in the ranks. He was actually killed in trying to save the life of other men, which I take it is the greatest thing a man can do. On all sides one hears the men talking about him, and there is no doubt he is a loss to the Regt." [Illustration: =Frederick P. Pearson.=] =PEARSON, SYDNEY JOHN=, Rifleman, No. 3584, 2/9th Battn. (Queen Victoria's Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late John Pearson, of St. Neots, by his wife, Alice, dau. of George Cramley, of Sandy, Beds; _b._ St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, 21 June, 1887; educ. Sandy, co. Beds, and Downshall, co. Essex, and held a responsible position in an Ironmongery business at Ilford, which he gave up after the outbreak of war and joined Queen Victoria's Rifles, 4 Nov. following; went to France, 12 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 21 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Ypres behind the firing line. =PEARSON, WILLIAM RANSOME=, L.-Sergt., No. 7366, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of William Pearson, of 24, Ashford Road, East Ham, Essex, formerly Colour-Sergt. 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards (served through the Nile Expedition for the relief of General Gordon, 1884-85; wounded at the Battle of Abu-Klea, 17 Jan. 1885; awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal for service in the field), by his wife, Sophia, dau. of Samuel Ransome, of Sherborne, King's Lynn, co. Norfolk; _b._ St George's Barracks, Trafalgar Square, London, 16 Oct. 1892; educ. Sandringham Road (Forest Gate) and Monega (E.) Council Schools; enlisted in the Coldstreams as a Drummer Boy, 27 July, 1907; joined the ranks, 6 June, 1912; appointed L.-Corpl. the same day; promoted Corpl., 24 May, 1914; appointed L.-Sergt., 7 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; served through the retreat from Mons; was wounded in action and taken prisoner during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept., and died a prisoner of war in the Fortress Hospital, Wesel, Germany, 24 Dec. 1914; _unm._ His Company Officer, Capt. Saint A. Warde-Aldam, wrote: "On 14 Sept. we had a hard fight; the first brigade (in which we are) attacked between two villages called Vendresse and Cerny near the Aisne; we captured a good deal of ground but were not able to hold all we had taken, and consequently a large number of casualties were left on ground afterwards re-occupied by the Germans. I am afraid your son was one of them. I knew your son well, having trained with him at Aldershot, but I cannot remember definitely seeing him myself on the 14th. He was a very promising young sergt. and was a great loss to the company.... Whatever has happened to your son, I am quite confident he did his duty and upheld our old Coldstream traditions." He himself wrote to his parents from the Festungshazarett, Wesel, about 30 Nov. 1914: "I was shot in the right thigh, and lay where I fell for a whole week. I don't know how I lived it through, but I did. On the morning of the 21st some German stretcher-bearers picked me up and took me to hospital where they dressed the leg, which, of course, was broken. I have been shifted from one show to another till I've landed here, and here I shall be for two or three months." [Illustration: =William Ransome Pearson.=] =PEART, GEORGE=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5332A, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PEART, STANLEY BRACE=, A.C.I.S., Rifleman, No. 2436, B Coy., 21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd and yst. _s._ of George Peart, by his wife, Marie (55, Silverdale, Sydenham, S.E.), dau. of Francis Henry Moller; _b._ Adelaide, South Australia, 10 Aug. 1891; educ. Bellenden Road L.C.C. School and Dulwich College; passed the Intermediate Examination in June, 1914, and was admitted an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries the following month, and prior to the outbreak of war was engaged on the staff of the Kamfersdam Mines, Ltd., of Gresham House, Old Broad street, E.C., with Mr. W. Howarth, F.C.I.S., who held a high opinion of his abilities. He joined the 1st Surrey Rifles for active service, 31 Aug. 1914, and after training at St. Albans, Luton and Harpenden, went to France, 14 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915; _unm._ His Company Officer, 2nd Lieut. H. Persse, wrote; "On 25 May the battn. was ordered to attack at Givenchy. In the ordinary course of attack the bombers go first so as to prevent what are known as flank attacks. Your brother was with them, and I saw him myself go right into the German front line trench and on then to the second line trench. The last I saw of him was when his supply of bombs had run out--he was standing his ground very coolly on top of a German trench using his bayonet to great effect. I am afraid he was hit by a bomb, for when we found him next day he was greatly damaged but quite dead. I buried him myself with a lot of his comrades, and I am sure it will relieve your sorrow somewhat to know that the 'fellow Tommies' put up a beautiful cross to him with his name and regt. upon it. I always knew Stanley Peart as one of my best men. When the call came for bombers (a most dangerous job), Peart didn't wait to be selected; he volunteered, and paid the price. No work was too hard for him, and he certainly fulfilled my greatest expectatio |