Basic Details
Surname
Pearson
Forenames
William Hearne
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Second Lieutenant
WILFRID HEARNE PEARSON
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Northern Cyclist Battalion
Date of Death
Died 29 September 1918
Age 30 years old
Buried or commemorated at
ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
II. A. 5.
France
Secondary Unit, Regiment
attd. "B" Coy. 57th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Country of Service
United Kingdom
Additional Info
Son of Arthur Pearson, M.A., and Eunice Mary Pearson, of Sherwood House, 59, Banbury Rd., Oxford; husband of Daisy Beatrice Pearson.
Personal Inscription
BELOVED SON OF ARTHUR PEARSON M.A. OF OXFORD GREATER LOVE. JON. XV.13
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
M.G.C.
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
2nd Lieut.
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Machine Gun Corps
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Second Lieutenant
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Cambrai
Year of death
1918
Month of death
September
Day of death
29
Age at death
30
Manner of death as stated
Killed at Cambrai
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action