Basic Details
Surname
Pearson
Forenames
Basil John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Recovered 22.02.2023 from https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2258866/basil-john-pearson/
LIEUTENANT BASIL JOHN PEARSON
Service Number: 302982
Regiment & Unit Royal Armoured Corps
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
Date of Death 10 September 1944 Age 20 years old
Buried at HASSELT (KRUISVELD) COMMUNAL CEMETERY Row C. Grave 9. Belgium
Son of Lt.-Col. Noel Gervis Pearson and Kathleen Mary Pearson, of Bramcote, Nottinghamshire.
Personal Inscription "I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU" PHIL.I:3
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Lieutenant
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Royal Armoured Corps
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Lieutenant
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Country of burial
Belgium
Cemetery
HASSELT (KRUISVELD) COMMUNAL CEMETERY Row C. Grave 9.
Year of death
1944
Month of death
September
Day of death
10
Age at death
20
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action