Jock Pearson

Jock Pearson
Birth nameAlastair Stevenson Pearson
Born(1915-06-01)1 June 1915
Glasgow, Scotland
Died29 March 1996(1996-03-29) (aged 80)
Gartocharn, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankBrigadier
Service number62792
UnitHighland Light Infantry
Parachute Regiment
Commands1st Parachute Battalion
8th Parachute Battalion
15th (Scottish Volunteer) Parachute Battalion
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order & Three Bars
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
Territorial Decoration
Other workCommandant of the Army Cadet Force in Scotland

Brigadier Alastair "Jock" Stevenson Pearson, CB, DSO & Three Bars, OBE, MC, TD, DL (1 June 1915 – 29 March 1996) was a baker, farmer and one of the most highly regarded soldiers of the Parachute Regiment and the British Army who served in the Second World War.