Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Elizabeth Pearson of Stratford, Ontario. Brother of Marshall Alfred Pearson who died on
August 6, 1918 while serving with the Canadian Field Artillery.
English:
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Harvey Pearson
Image gallery
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Robert Harvey Pearson, age 11, left, with brothers Frederick Beverly, age 3, centre left, Marshall Alfred, age 7, centre right and William James, age 13, right. Taken in 1900 with all the hope and optimism of a new century.
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Large bronze medal (4.75" diameter) awarded to the mother of Robert Harvey Pearson accompanied by a condolence signed by King George V.
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Medals awarded posthumously to Robert Harvey Pearson and sent to his mother with a note of condolence from the Canadian government in the small box shown in the lower left corner.
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Robert Harvey Pearson Jr. of Stratford,Ontario died at the age of 28 years and 5 months.
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Pearson Family portrait by G. F. Maitland Studios of Stratford taken for Christmas 1907. Robert Harvey Pearson Jr., 18 years of age, is third from the right (centre)in the back row.
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A matchbox given to Robert Harvey Pearson by his Masonic Lodge.
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Photo of Robert Harvey Pearson in the spring of 1916, on the day that he left Stratford for training at Camp Borden.
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 483 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ANZIN-ST AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
The village of Anzin-St Aubin is on the north-western outskirts of Arras and the ANZIN-ST AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERY is on the northern side of the village.
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