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Surname: PEARSON
Forename(s): Harold Hardy
Place of Birth: Manningham, Yorkshire
Service No: 24910
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: 36
Date of Death: 1917-08-27
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 82 to 85.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harold Hardy Pearson (born 20 December 1880) was the son of William Abraham and Sarah Pearson, née Hiley. William was born at Thornton, Bradford, Yorkshire and Sarah at Warrington, Lancashire.
1881 Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire Census: 37, Mortimer Street - Harrold H. Pearson, aged 3 months, born Bradford, son of William A. and Sarah Pearson.
1891 Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire Census: 37, Mortimer Street - Harold Pearson, aged 10 years, born Manningham, son of William A. and Sarah Pearson.
1901 Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire Census: 37, Mortimer Street - Harold Pearson, aged 20 years, born Manningham, son of William A. and Sarah Pearson.
Harold was married to Agnes Ann Fishwick in 1903.
1911 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Jackson Row, Mortar Pits - Harold Hardy Pearson, aged 30 years, born Bradford, Yorkshire, husband of Agnes Ann Pearson,
The British Army Service Record for Harold Pearson exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Harold Pearson, 7825 & 24910, West Riding Regiment.
A short biography of Harold is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Harold Hardy PEARSON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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