PEARSON, William George Victor Robert

Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Suffolk Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5825220
P.O.W. number: 
96097
Born: 
Monday, August 31, 1914
Birthplace: 
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Lance Sergeant William Pearson was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war having been captured on 1 June 1941. Enlisted 1930. Post war member of the Commando Association.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/34 and WO417/92.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Redord Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/286/68 (Stalag 4B).
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/248/1.
Commando Association newsletter 28.
 

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