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{{Personnel
|id=1153
|Surname and forenames=Pearson John William
|Army number=4455557
|Rank=Pte
|Age=21
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of Henry and Mary Jane Pearson, Bensham.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
 |Wounded=Not yet known.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.

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 |Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
 |Wounded=Not yet known.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.

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 |Surname and forenames=Pearson John William
 |Army number=4455557
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Born 1918/19.
 |Age=21 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority: Casualty L. Category B.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but almost certainly 2nd or 3rd May 1939, judging by his number.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 at Ficheux, Authority: Casualty L. Category B.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Promotions=L/Cpl
+|Promotions=Lance Corporal.
 |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 3, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  Headstone inscription reads: "TREASURE HIS SMILE, JUST GONE FOR A WHILE. REMEMBERED. FATHER AND MOTHER".
 |Home address=Son of Henry and Mary Jane Pearson, Bensham.  Residence - 10, Ascot Crescent, Bensham, Gateshead.

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Date of birth=Born 1918/19.
-|Age=21
+|Age=21 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority: Casualty L. Category B.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Promotions=L/Cpl
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 3, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  Headstone inscription reads: "TREASURE HIS SMILE, JUST GONE FOR A WHILE. REMEMBERED. FATHER AND MOTHER".
-|Home address=Son of Henry and Mary Jane Pearson, Bensham.  Residence - 10, Ascot Crescent, Bensham, Gateshead.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 3, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of Henry and Mary Jane Pearson, Bensham.  Residence - 10, Ascot Crescent, Bensham, Gateshead.
 |Image Name=Pearson_J_W_4455557.JPG
 |Image Title=L/Cpl J W Pearson's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Promotions=L/Cpl
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Son of Henry and Mary Jane Pearson, Bensham.  Residence - 10, Ascot Crescent, Bensham, Gateshead.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 3, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of Henry and Mary Jane Pearson, Bensham.  Residence - 10, Ascot Crescent, Bensham, Gateshead.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 3, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Pearson_J_W_4455557.JPG
 |Image Title=L/Cpl J W Pearson's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}