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Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Fireman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. C. A. Jacques (Montréal, Québec)
Birth:
January 1, 1897
York, England
Death:
May 1, 1917
English Channel
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His real first name is Francis (aka Frank).
Son of Frank and Amelia Pearson. Husband of Catherine Taylor of South Shields, Durham, England.
On 1 May 1917, after setting sail from Rouen, France, she was torpedoed 26 miles (42 km) west-north-west of Boulogne, France, in the English Channel, by UB-18 and sunk, position 50°27'N01°04'E. Three sailors lost their lives.
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Tower Hill Memorial. The 480 fallen Canadians lost at sea, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
The tower Hill Memorial is located in London, England at Tower Hill and across from the Tower of London. This Memorial is dedicated to the 50,700 Commonwealth merchant seamen, fishing fleet workers and other on-board crew lost during the First World War. Included on this list are the 480 Canadians that gave their lives in the cause of the Great War. (J. Stephens)
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Fireman Frank Pearson
Digital gallery of
Fireman Frank Pearson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 57 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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