Personal
Information
Sheet

Name: Harry Pearson

DOB: 14th December 1906

Rank: Sergeant

Service Identity Number: 2317200

Service/Regiment/Corp: Royal Corps of Signals

Unit: Hong Kong Signal Company

Died: 1st/2nd October 1942

© 2025 Lisbon Maru Memorial Association (LiMMA) Artist Zoe Cordey
Personal history before the war

Harry was the son of Robert and Harriet Pearson and was married to Freda Elizabeth Pearson of West Hartlepool County Durham.

My family was told that Harry left the UK in the mid 30s to working for the British Government in the Far East.

Wartime experience

Captured at the Fall of Hong Kong. On board the Lisbon Maru and lost in the sinking.

An extract from Norman Lester's diary shows Sergeant Harry Pearson as "Missing Lisbon Maru". Norman Lester was also in the Royal Corps of Signals and on the Lisbon Maru.

Additional photographs (Click an image to expand and see all images)
An extract from Norman Lester's diary listing Sergeant Harry Pearson who did not survive the sinking of the Lisbon Maru. Norman Lester was also in the Royal Corps of Signals and on the Lisbon Maru. Extract kindly supplied by Norman Lester's granddaughter Leighanne McKinlay-Wilkins.

The above information was provided by Malcolm Short great nephew of Harry Pearson.

Reproduction of this Personal Information Sheet or the information or pictures contained within it without the express permission of LiMMA is prohibited. Relatives providing information regarding the above person do so on the understanding that it will only be used for the purposes of LiMMA in producing their website and not passed to any third party. For further information please contact limmauk@gmail.com

Return to the LiMMA website