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Military service
Service number:
400157
Age:
24
Rank:
Bombardier
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
5th Bde.
Birth:
September 22, 1893
Stratford, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 31, 1915
London, Ontario
Death:
August 6, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. E. 5.
Additional information
Son of Elizabeth Pearson of Stratford, Ontario. Brother of Robert Harvey Pearson who died on March 21, 1918 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Bombardier Marshall Alfred Pearson
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Photo de Robert Marshall Pearson
Robert Marshall Pearson standing behind the grave of Marshall Alfred Pearson, his uncle, when he visited Longeau cemetery while stationed in France during WWII. The cross lying in pieces in the foreground has since been restored. -
Photo de Famille
Group Photo – Marshall Alfred, age 7, centre right, with brothers Robert Harvey Pearson, age 11, left, Frederick Beverly, age 3, centre left and William James, age 13, far right. Taken in 1900 with all the hope and optimism of a new century. -
Médailles
Medals awarded posthumously to Marshall Alfred Pearson and sent to his mother with a note of condolence from the Canadian government in the small box shown in the lower left corner. -
Photo de Marshall Pearson
In memory of the employees from the Canadian Bank Of Commerce (CIBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo de Marshall Alfred Pearson
Marshall Alfred Pearson of Stratford, Ontario died at the age of 24 years and 10 months. -
Photo de Famile
Pearson Family portrait by G. F. Maitland Studios of Stratford taken for Christmas 1907. Marshall Alfred Pearson, 14 years of age, is second from the right in the back row. -
Photo de Marshall Alfred Person
From Volume 1 of Letters From The Front produced by the Canadian Bank of Commerce. -
Badge
Brass shoulder badges, dog tag and other insignia returned with personal effects to the family of M A Pearson. The dog tag shows the number assigned upon his enlistment on August 3, 1915 later replaced with a six digit regimental number. -
Circonstances du décès
Circumstances of Death Report returned to M A Pearson's family along with shell fragments included with personal effects. -
Mémorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Bombardier Marshall Alfred Pearson
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Marshall Alfred Pearson
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Marshall Alfred Pearson
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Marshall Alfred Pearson
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Marshall Alfred Pearson
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Marshall Alfred Pearson
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Marshall Alfred Pearson
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Marshall Alfred Pearson
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Marshall Alfred Pearson
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Commemorated on:
Page 483 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LONGUEAU BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
The town of Longueau is situated on the south-eastern outskirts of Amiens and the LONGUEAU BRITISH CEMETERY is on the eastern side of the town.
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