Basic Details
Surname
Pearson
Forenames
Harold
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
The memorial states he worked at Sowerby Bridge in the Telegraphic Office. Hornshaw and Fowler say he was an accomplished violinist who had left the railway and was working for the Halifax Permanent Building Society when he enlisted in 1916 into the Coldstream Guards: he was then commissioned by the DCLI and was in France for only 6 weeks before he was killed. He is also listed on IWM 2689 and 2726.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st Battalion
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Souchez
Cemetery
Cabaret Rouge British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
May
Day of death
22
Age at death
20
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action