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D.S.M. London Gazette 26.12.1944. Recommendation states 'At 1210 Hours on 7 June 1944, H.M.S. Talybont was shelled by Shore Batteries off Cherbourg. One projectile landed alongside No.2 Boiler Room of which Stoker P.O. Pearson was in charge. Splinters cut the steam pipe to the fuel .... and the exhaust from the .... The Boiler Room immediately filled with steam but Pearson with great coolness shut off the oil fuel to the burners and closed the main stop valves before being forced to leave the Boiler Room'.
Stoker Petty Officer Albert George Pearson, D.S.M., who was born in Findon and moved to Worthing pre-War, entered the Royal Navy in 1935. Employed in the Aircraft Carrier H.M.S. Eagle in the Mediterranean from 1939-41, and afterwards in the Destroyer H.M.S. Pakenham, he was present in an action fought against an Italian Convoy off Marsala on 16.4.1943, when the Pakenham was badly damaged in a run-in with enemy Torpedo Boats and had to be abandoned and scuttled. Next appointed to the Destroyer H.M.S. Talybont, Pearson went on to win his D.S.M. for gallantry off Normandy on the second day of the Landings. Although badly damaged, the Talybont reached port safely a few days later.
D.S.M. London Gazette 26.12.1944. Recommendation states 'At 1210 Hours on 7 June 1944, H.M.S. Talybont was shelled by Shore Batteries off Cherbourg. One projectile landed alongside No.2 Boiler Room of which Stoker P.O. Pearson was in charge. Splinters cut the steam pipe to the fuel .... and the exhaust from the .... The Boiler Room immediately filled with steam but Pearson with great coolness shut off the oil fuel to the burners and closed the main stop valves before being forced to leave the Boiler Room'.
Stoker Petty Officer Albert George Pearson, D.S.M., who was born in Findon and moved to Worthing pre-War, entered the Royal Navy in 1935. Employed in the Aircraft Carrier H.M.S. Eagle in the Mediterranean from 1939-41, and afterwards in the Destroyer H.M.S. Pakenham, he was present in an action fought against an Italian Convoy off Marsala on 16.4.1943, when the Pakenham was badly damaged in a run-in with enemy Torpedo Boats and had to be abandoned and scuttled. Next appointed to the Destroyer H.M.S. Talybont, Pearson went on to win his D.S.M. for gallantry off Normandy on the second day of the Landings. Although badly damaged, the Talybont reached port safely a few days later.