Personal Details Born: In 1859 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. He was also known as Simmons. Family: He was the eldest of six children born to George Simmonds, an iron boat builder, and his wife Ann. He married Elizabeth Hurrrey on 11 … 
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Frederick Phillips Pearson was born in Liverpool in 1880, the fourth son of Edward and Maria Pearson of 48 Edgeley Road, Whitchurch. Frederick had served with the Cheshire Regiment in South Africa, and was awarded the Queens Medal with 3 …