The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal E J Pearson

Inscription - "IN HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE TITUS 1C.2V."

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Corporal Edward John PEARSON, G/5073, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 15th April 1917, age 33.

Born Croydon, Surrey, son of Caleb and Mary Jane Pearson, of 42, Holden Park Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

1911 Census - 120 London Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Caleb Pearson, head, age 55, married, grocer, employer, born Smarden, Kent; Mary Jane Pearson, wife, age 55, married 30 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, born Cranbrook, Kent; Caleb Pearson, son, age 29, single, assisting in the business, worker, at home, born Croydon, Surrey; Annie Pearson, daughter, age 28, single, bookeeper in the business, worker, at home, born Croydon, Surrey; Edward John Pearson, son, age 26, single, assisting in the business, worker, at home, born Croydon, Surrey; Mary Minnie Pearson, daughter, age 17, single, assisting in house & with the business, worker, at home.

Entries crossed through, away from home - Harry Warburton Pearson, son, age 25, single; Alfred Pearson, son, age 23, single; Ernest Jesse Pearson, son, age 21, single.

Entry crossed through, deceased - William Wilfrid? Pearson.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent. Resided Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

26th September 1917, Probate - Edward John Pearson, 42, Holden Park Road, Southborough, near Tunbridge Wells, died 15th April 1917 in France, killed in action. Administration (with Will) London 26th September to Mary Jane Pearson, (wife of Caleb Pearson). Effects £207 16s 5d.

Buried at Maroc British Cemetery, III. C. 12., Grenay, France. Commemorated Southborough War Memorial.

NOTE: Soldiers Died in the Great War gives date of death as 15th April 1917; CWGC web site gives it as 13th April 1917.

This page was last updated on 26-Feb-2023.