Talk:Tom Pearson (rugby union, born 1872)

Army service

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/exact=thomas+william+pearson;sort=oldest/start=1 a few false positives here, but it picks up his early years in the Volunteer Force (Great Britain) and the Territorial Force, as well as some First World War stuff. Further bits and pieces under http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/exact=t.+w.+pearson;sort=oldest/start=1 (again some false positives). David Underdown (talk) 11:08, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Some background http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=106537&view=findpost&p=1020506 (not a reliable source for our purposes unfortunately). David Underdown (talk) 11:24, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Ah ha, brief obit in The Times 13 September 1957. David Underdown (talk) 11:26, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Cricket

Seems to have played cricket too http://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/Players/98/98599/98599.html David Underdown (talk) 11:19, 22 November 2010 (UTC)