Four: Chief Electrical Artificer A. J. Pearson, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Kent at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December 1914

1914-15 Star (M.7228. A. J. Pearson, E.A.4., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.7228 A. J. Pearson. E.A. 3 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.7228 A. J. Pearson C.E.A. 2. H.M.S. Nelson), contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

Arthur John Pearson was born on 4 December 1892, at Tottenham, Middlesex, and commenced naval service as n Acting Electrical Artificer, H.M.S. Vernon on 24 February 1914. He was posted to H.M.S. Kent in October 1914, just prior to the Battle of the Falkland Islands, when H.M.S. Kent sunk the German Cruiser Nurnberg, and later pursued the Dresden, which was scuttled. He was advanced to Electrical Artificer First Class, H.M.S. Vernon on 14 February 1926, and Chief Electrical Artificer Second Class, H.M.S. Nelson, in August 1927. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in 1929, and was discharged to pension as Chief Electrical Artificer First Class from H.M.S. Vernon in February 1936. He was recalled for service in October 1939, to H.M.S. Victory II, and was released in August 1945, having seen further service in H.M.S. Vernon and H.M.S. Lochinvar.