Soldier Record
Alfred Pearson
Contributed by: Ian C Pearson, on 2008-11-11
| Rank | |
|---|---|
| First Name | Alfred |
| Surname | Pearson |
| Year of Birth | 1893 |
| Year of Death | 1919 |
| Regiment | Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers |
| Place of Wartime Residence | Northfield, Birmingham, Warwickshire |
Alfred's Story
In his last letter Home he questioned why they were still out here.
In his last letter Home he questioned why they were still out here. We are trying to trying to run the country like we are ruling India. If Chris had survived the war he would have probably been a Missionary. His father died in office as the Bishop Rector of Burnley. His two older brothers were Kenneth and Leonard Pearson who were in the Royal Engineers. He went to school a Giggleswick and his death is mentioned in the school magazine where it is said he was killed because he was a Christian. I think he was killed because we did not keep Lawrence of Arabia promise of a United Arab State once the Turks had been kicked out. This Arab revolt went on from 1919 to 1921. We don't learn do we.
In March 1919 the Goyan tribe appealed to Alfred Pearson to pay them a visit with a view to their enrolment in the list of tribes within the sphere of British military occupation.
They were perhaps the wildest of the tribes with whom Pearson had to deal. The valley in which they dwelt was particularly inaccessible.
He wanted to reassure the tribesmen of British intentions and, in return for supplies of seed and grain, he hoped to persuade them to stop plundering their neighbours. That would constitute an important step towards pacification of the whole region.
But on his way to the rendezvous accompanied by a Kurdish orderly and a few men of the Goyan, Pearson was ambushed and killed on 4th April 1919.
Captain Pearson's body was recovered and buried in North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad.
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