Details of Trooper William Pearson 1826-1909 buried in Parkside cemetery, Kendal, from my friend Paul Braham. Trooper William Pearson 1826 -1909 William Pearson was born in Penrith and grew up in North Westmorland. He was a leather dresser before 1848 when he enlisted into in 4th Dragoon Guards and was serving in Ireland when the regiment was ordered to sail for The Crimea. During The Charge of the Light Brigade, his horse stumbled over another fallen animal and Pearson mounted a riderless horse. One of his epaulettes was shot away and he received a wound in the forehead. Frostbite caused him to have four toes amputated at Scutari hospital on Christmas Eve 1854. Invalided home he was presented before Queen Victoria in 1855 and discharged unfit for further service on an 8d per day pension, which was increased to 12 shillings a week by The Royal Patriotic Fund.. He received the Crimea Medal with Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and Sebastapool clasps, the Turkish Crimea Medal, and a Good Conduct badge.He met his wife in Dover at a Crimean heroes ball and they moved to Penrith where he became Inspecting Officer’s Orderly to the Dalemain Troop of The Cumberland & Westmorland Imperial Yeomanry. He moved to Underbarrow near Kendal in 1880 where he established a fellmongering and tanning business retiring in 1906 When he died aged 82 in July 1909, he was buried at Parkside Road in Kendal with full military honours. A street in Penrith was named after him, Pearson Court, and a plaque placed on the former Mitre Hotel on King Street where he was born.
good day deacs,yesterday,10:35pm.re: charge of the light brigade veteran buried parkside cemetery.a most interesting story of a true hero.i have heard about the charge at school many times but they never mentioned the ordernary soldier.thank you for posting.regards bernard85
