Sergeant Henry Pearson

Army Number: 1426

Battalion: 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Awards : Military Medal.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Went to France on 28th February 1915. Killed in action, 1st July 1916, during the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Awarded the Military Medal London Gazette 19th February 1917.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.