Richard Latus Pearson

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

270247

Unit at enlistment:

215th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Slingsby Mfg. Co. Honour Roll

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Lancashire

Birth city:

Blackburn

Address at enlistment:

46 Jarvis Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Employer:

Slingsby Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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BX May 18, 1916

Given a Ring

Richard Latus Pearson, 46 Jarvis Street, for some time a valued employee in the weaving department at Slingsby’s Manufacturing Company, recently enlisted with the 215th Battalion. For his departure to take up soldiering, Private Pearson was fittingly honored by his fellow employees who gathered together and presented him with a signet ring as a token of the esteem in which he was held. An appropriate address was read and the presentation made by Herbert Kitchen, superintendent of the weaving department on behalf of the weavers. Private Pearson replied suitably, thanking his friends for the honor shown him. Pte. Pearson has one brother now at the front, who left with the first Canadian contingent.