Soldier Factfile

Name:  Lance Corporal George William Pearson, 18441

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Date of Birth:   1896

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Address:  

In 1911: Cropston Road

In 1918: 74 Martin Street, Leicester, Leicestershire

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Parents Names: 

Thomas Pearson (Shoe Machinist)

Mary Pearson

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Occupation before the war:   Shoe hand pressman

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Siblings Names:

Harry Elisha b.1898  |  Sophia Jane b.1890  |  Frances Rose b.1893  |  Thomas Cyril b.1903

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Date Died:   21.5.1918

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Age:   23

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Place of Death:   The Somme

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Place of Burial/Memorial:  Pozieres Mem., Somme, France

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Cause of death:   Died in action

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Regiment:

7^th Battalion

Leicestershire Regiment

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Medals:

Victory medal

British War Medal

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Any other information (e.g. Service Record/ appearance etc)

• The POZIERES MEMORIAL relates to the period of crisis in March and April 1918 when the Allied Fifth Army was driven back by overwhelming numbers across the former Somme battlefields, and the months that followed before the Advance to Victory, which began on 8 August 1918. The Memorial commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the United Kingdom and 300 of the South African Forces who have no known grave and who died on the Somme from 21 March to 7 August 1918.
• He left any monies to his mother.