PEARSON, Benjamin

Benjamin Pearson lived at 31 Hayes Lane, Lye, and was married to Matilda. He volunteered for the Worcesters and joined the 4th Battalion. They were sent out to Gallipoli in April 1915 but the first landing, though successful, gained only a foothold in this difficult terrain. Three battles at the village of Krithia failed to drive the Turks back and the troops had to endure the difficulties of trench warfare in the ravines and gullies of the Gallipoli terrain. Private Benjamin Pearson was killed in action on the 25th September during the sporadic trench fighting and is buried in Azmak Cemetery (I B 10) near Suvla. He was 34 years of age and is commemorated on the Lye and Wollescote and Lye church Memorials.