Captain RAF. Formerly served with 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
Native of Stockwell, London.
(From Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record)
Birth details are from a family tree on Ancestry
Killed at RAF Hooton Park (Now the site of the Vauxhall Car factory) while flying in Avro 504 B8604 which collided with Avro 504 D7562 flown by 2Lt V J Flynn. Capt Pearson was aged 21. Lt William Smith MacFarlance also killed.
He was the elder brother of May Pearson (Later - Norton)who later wrote both 'The Borrowers' and 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' both of which were made into films by Disney.
(Thanks to Capt Pearsons nephew for the above information)
Son of Dr Spencer Pearson, Mayor of Lambeth at the time of his son's death.
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Native of Stockwell, London.
(From Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record)
Birth details are from a family tree on Ancestry
Killed at RAF Hooton Park (Now the site of the Vauxhall Car factory) while flying in Avro 504 B8604 which collided with Avro 504 D7562 flown by 2Lt V J Flynn. Capt Pearson was aged 21. Lt William Smith MacFarlance also killed.
He was the elder brother of May Pearson (Later - Norton)who later wrote both 'The Borrowers' and 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' both of which were made into films by Disney.
(Thanks to Capt Pearsons nephew for the above information)
Son of Dr Spencer Pearson, Mayor of Lambeth at the time of his son's death.
.
Captain RAF. Formerly served with 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
Native of Stockwell, London.
(From Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record)
Birth details are from a family tree on Ancestry
Killed at RAF Hooton Park (Now the site of the Vauxhall Car factory) while flying in Avro 504 B8604 which collided with Avro 504 D7562 flown by 2Lt V J Flynn. Capt Pearson was aged 21. Lt William Smith MacFarlance also killed.
He was the elder brother of May Pearson (Later - Norton)who later wrote both 'The Borrowers' and 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' both of which were made into films by Disney.
(Thanks to Capt Pearsons nephew for the above information)
Son of Dr Spencer Pearson, Mayor of Lambeth at the time of his son's death.
.
Native of Stockwell, London.
(From Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record)
Birth details are from a family tree on Ancestry
Killed at RAF Hooton Park (Now the site of the Vauxhall Car factory) while flying in Avro 504 B8604 which collided with Avro 504 D7562 flown by 2Lt V J Flynn. Capt Pearson was aged 21. Lt William Smith MacFarlance also killed.
He was the elder brother of May Pearson (Later - Norton)who later wrote both 'The Borrowers' and 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' both of which were made into films by Disney.
(Thanks to Capt Pearsons nephew for the above information)
Son of Dr Spencer Pearson, Mayor of Lambeth at the time of his son's death.
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