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William Hendry Rue Pearson

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Military Information

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  • Rank: Drummer
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  • Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
  • Place of Death: Dundee
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Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Curragh Camp, Ireland
  • Address: 88 Annfield Rd, Dundee
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    Mary Gordon Pearson, 88 Annfield Rd, Dundee

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More about William Hendry Rue Pearson

This man is listed on the Scottish National War Memorial as having died in Dundee but does not list a date of death or his regimental number. There is no record of this man on either CWGC or SDGW. Believe this man to be W.H.R. Pearson 306257. Air Mechanic 2nd Class, Royal Air Force, who died 11.05.1919 and is buried in Dundee’s Balgay Cemetery.

PEARSON—On May 11th, at the residence of his parents, 3 Baxter Street, 10460, Driver William Pearson, late 2nd Bn Gordon Highlanders, husband of Mary Gordon, 88 Annfield Road.

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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