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WILLIAM PEARSON

​PEARSON, WILLIAM  Private     19088 22/10/1916  41    Gloucestershire Regiment    United Kingdom    618.  SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY
 
Pearson, William - Statement of Service
Surname:    Pearson     Initials:   WP
First Name: William
Place of Birth:   Winchcombe
Rank: Private
SERVICE DETAILS
Service Number:   019088
Battalion:  9
Enlisted:   Tewkesbury
END OF SERVICE
Reason:     Died
Where:      SALONI
Grave:      G00007
 
 
Gloucestershire  Regiment (9th battalion) ww1 operations:
 
9th (Service) Battalion.
Sept 1914 Formed at Bristol as part of the Third New Army (K3) and joined the 78th Brigade of the 26th Division and then moved to Cheltenham.
April 1915 Moved to Longbridge Deverill.
21.09.1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France.
Nov 1915 Moved to Salonika to strengthen Serbian resistance against the Bulgarian forces and engaged in various actions including; During 1916 The Battle of Horseshoe Hill. 

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