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Pearson, J.G., Gnr., 1917

Photo Brian Chandler

In Newcastle (Old Jesmond) Cemetery is a headstone which reads:

John George
Pearson, R.G.A.
Their only son
Killed in action, Sept. 19th 1917
Aged 32 years
Interred in Bleuet Farm Cemetery
Near Ypres.William, dear husband of
Agnes Pearson
Died April 3rd 1931 aged 69 years.
“Nothing in my hand I bring
Simply to Thy cross I cling"

He is remembered in Jesmond on J1.54 and possibly in Newcastle on NUT010 and NUT070


The CWGC entry for Gunner Pearson

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk