WILLIAM PEARSON

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
SURNAME:Pearson
FORENAMES:William
BORN:c1826 or 1829
AT:Penrith Cumberland
OCCUPATION[S]:Leather Draper
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2nd REGIMENT NO:1353
ENLISTED:19 02 1848 London aged 19 years
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HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT:5' 7"
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RANK: 1848: Private
1855: Private
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CAMPAIGNS:Crimea
OTHER DUTIES:16 04 1855: To Scutari
Jun 1855: From Scutari to England
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ADMITTED TO OUT PENSION:16 10 1856 Carlisle
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PENSION DISTRICT:1856: Carlisle
1858: Norwich
1859: Carlisle
1865: Carlisle
1870: Preston
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NOTES:Extract from the BBC's `A History of the World:'
'Charge of the Light Brigade' Survivor:
`This life-sized portrait photograph [above] by E Fowler Richards is of William Pearson of Penrith (1826-1909). Pearson was a survivor of the Crimean War and took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854. The photograph was commissioned in 1894 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 'Charge' and to honour Pearson who was then aged 68. It is framed with a smaller vignette of Pearson in uniform after discharge in 1855. During the 'Charge' Pearson had a hair's-breath escape from death and later suffered severe frostbite. He was nursed by Florence Nightingale at the hospital in Scutari where she pioneered modern nursing practices while caring for the wounded. Pearson served through the whole of the Crimean War and received a medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkermann and Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal. The medals, photograph and other memorabilia are all on display in Penrith Museum.'
DIED:1909
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TNA SOURCES:WO/12/655
WO/12/660
WO/23/52
WO/23/62
BL SOURCES:.
OTHER SOURCES: Honour the Light Brigade
LINKS:http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/jRMvxGqURxet1TREqey01Q


William Pearson, Crimean Letters

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4th Light Dragoons Index

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