Notes
He enrolled at Worcester College, Oxford in 1910 and the college archive adds: 'George Pearson was born at Stourbridge and educated at Repton. He matriculated in 1910 and while at Worcester was a member of the Officer Training Corps, secretary of the Oxford University Drama Society, and a member of the College Eight in 1912 and 1913. He obtained a second class in Modern Languages and after graduation entered the service of the Chartered Company of British South Africa. He returned to England on the outbreak of war and obtained a commission in the 9th (service) Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment. Lieutenant George Pearson served in Gallipoli and was killed in action at Kabak Koyu on 12 August 1915.'