Alastair Pearson

Alastair Pearson

Brigadier Alastair Stevenson Pearson CB, DSO & Three Bars, OBE, MC, TD (1915 – 1995) was a baker, farmer and one of the most highly-regarded soldiers of the British Army who served in World War II. During his distinguished military career, he was known as Jock Pearson to the men of his command.

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    Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
    —Hesketh Pearson (1887–1964)