Basic Details
Surname
Pearson
Forenames
Francis Geoffrey
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Honourable
Served or died
Died
Notes
CWGC gives his burial details: Worth Parish (see References) provides this extra detail. 'Geoffrey was the youngest son of Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray and his wife Annie who owned Paddockhurst Park, now the site of Worth Abbey School and the Benedictine monastery.
Geoffrey died in the very early stages of the war, on 6th September 1914, when the Germans had pushed their way through Belgium and were advancing rapidly to Paris (all part of the Schlieffen Plan). Geoffrey was a motorcycle messenger, got overrun and captured by the advancing German troops, and was shot when trying to escape.'
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Army Service Corps
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
64th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
STAFF SERGEANT
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Varreddes
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Montreuil-aux-Lions
Cemetery
British Cemetery
Year of death
1914
Month of death
September
Day of death
6
Age at death
23
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on Memorial
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial