PARAS Pearson, Alastair Stevenson

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pearson ​

• FORENAME

Alastair Stevenson ​

• UNIT

1 Bn + 8 Bn ​

• RANK

Captain (T/Major) + Major (A + T/Lieutenant Colonel) ​

• NUMBER

62792 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order and 3 bars,Military Cross ​

• PLACE

North Africa 1943 (DSO and bar,MC) Sicily 1943 (2nd bar) Normandy 1944 (3rd bar) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1.6.1915 Glasgow​

son of Alexander Stevenson Pearson,Glasgow​

educated Kelvinside Academy​

educated Sedbergh School​

employed in uncle's Pearson's Bakery,Glasgow (later Director)​

6 Bn Highland Light Infantry 1934-42 (2Lt-Cap)​

1 Bn Parachute Regiment 1.8.1942-1943 (Cap-LtCol)​

8 Bn Parachute Regiment 1944-45 (LtCol)​

CO 15 (Scottish) Bn Parachute Regiment (TA) 1947-53​

Deputy Commander 46 Parachute Brigade (TA) 1953​

T.A.R.O. 10.1.1962​

award O.B.E. 1953​

award C.B. 1958​

married Mrs Joan Morgan Weld Smith 1944 (died 1993) (1 daughter,2 step daughters)​

farmer postwar​

Deputy Lieutenant for Glasgow 1951 Dunbartonshire 1975​

Lord Lieutenant for Dunbartonshire 1979-90​

died 29.3.1996 Gartocharn,by Alexandria,Dunbartonshire​

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