Name
Ernest Alfred Pierson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/08/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Driver
140308
Royal Horse Artillery
'T' Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ZUYDCOOTE MILITARY CEMETERY
1.A.11
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour (Book), Hitchin
Pre War
He was the son of Mr and Mrs A. Pierson of 38, Tilehouse Street, Hitchin. His sister was Mrs Pilgrim of 72, Tilehouse Street, Hitchin.
Before joining up he had been employed by Mr Francis Lucas J.P., but he was an old soldier having served in the army for 12 years through the South African (Boer) War. He was born in Hitchin and enlisted in Huntingdon under the Military Service Act.
Wartime Service
Ernest was allocated the Regimental Number 140308. He died suddenly during the night of the 25th August 1917 of heart disease, while he was in France. He may have been in No. 36 Casualty Clearing Station which was situated in Zuydcoote.
He was buried in Plot l, Row A, Grave 11 in the Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, East of Dunkirk in France.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
