Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookonards-on-Sea, 2 Aug. 1906, Grace Mary (Thurgoland, Sheffield), dau. of Charles Weller, and had a son, George Hugh Kirkby, _b._ 15 Dec. 1909. =PEACOCK, JOSEPH MOFFAT=, Sapper, No. 46405, R.E., eldest _s._ of William Thomas Peacock, of Hartlepool, Driller, by his wife, Sarah Carry, dau. of Joseph Moffat, of Monkwearmouth; _b._ Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, 8 Feb. 1894; educ. Southwick and Goole Board Schools; was employed at Pickersgill's and resided at 50, John Street, Southwick; enlisted, 9 Sept. 1914; trained at Brixton, Henley and Gillingham, and was killed in action "somewhere" in France, 10 Dec. 1915. His Chief Officer wrote "A shell came into their dug-out killing four of them instantly. They were buried the day following in Princess Pat's Cemetery, Voormezeele, when all the section attended the funeral. He was a splendidly brave fellow." [Illustration: =Joseph Moffat Peacock.=] =PEAKE, CECIL GERALD WYATT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Henry Arthur Peake, of Westholme, Sleaford, co. Lincoln, Solicitor, by his wife, Alice Anne, dau. of the Rev. John I. Penford Wyatt; _b._ Sleaford, 21 Nov. 1891; educ. Aysgarth School, Charterhouse, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Lincolnshire Regt., 19 Jan. 1912; promoted Lieut. 28 May, 1913. and Capt. 21 Dec. 1914; served in Bermuda, Dec. 1913 to Sept. 1914, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 8 Nov. 1914 to March, 1915, on which date he was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, being among the first of the Lincolnshires to enter the enemy's trenches; _unm._ Buried in an orchard at Masselot. Capt. Peake was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. While at Oxford he gained his oar for rowing, and also took a 2nd in Law for his B.A. degree. [Illustration: =Cecil G. W. Peake=] =PEAKE, COLIN=, Lieut., Leicestershire Yeomanry (T.F.), elder _s._ of Ronald Peake, of Howard House, Ashtead, co. Surrey, Solicitor, by his wife, Florence, dau. of the late Edward Adams; _b._ Ashtead, 28 Sept. 1889; educ. Fonthill, East Grinstead, and Charterhouse; admitted a Solicitor in 1913; joined the Leicestershire Yeomanry as 2nd Lieut., 23 April, 1909, being promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with his regt. in Nov.; took part in the fighting in France and Flanders, during the winter of 1914-15, and was killed in action in an advance trench near Ypres, 13 May, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Colin Peake.=] =PEARCE, ALFRED=, Driver, No. 35452, Royal Field Artillery, yst. _s._ of Nathan Pearce, of 21, Sunnyside, Diss, co. Norfolk, Farm Labourer; _b._ Thrandeston, Diss, 18 Aug. 1885; educ. there; enlisted in the R.F.A. in Oct. 1907; served six years with the colours, then passed into the Reserve, and was engaged as a Dairyman at Chigwell, Essex; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France in Aug., and died in the Lycée Pasteur, Neuilly, 28 Sept. following, of wounds received in action during the Battle of the Aisne. He _m._ at Chelmsford, Jan. 1914, Grace, dau. of (--) Bradley; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Alfred Pearce.=] =PEARCE, DUDLEY HOGARTH=, L.-Corpl., No. 2162, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Yeomanry), _s._ of Henry Pearce, of Elberton, Tockington, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Eliza Jane Sarah, dau. of the late Charles Smith, of Max House, Winscombe, co. Somerset; _b._ Winford, co. Somerset, 13 Oct. 1884; educ. Thornbury Grammar School; joined the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at Newbury and Heacham; left for the Dardanelles, 15 April, 1915; was promoted Corpl. for his bravery and coolness during the charge of the Yeomanry on Chocolate Hill, 22 Aug. following, and was killed in action there at 5.30 a.m. on the 28th, while cooking his comrades' breakfast; _unm._ Buried to the west of Chocolate Hill. His brother, Trooper Edward Charles Henry Pearce, was killed in action at Quinn's Post, 7 Aug. 1915 (see following notice). L.-Corpl. Dudley Pearce was always called the father of the troop, for his great thought and kindness. [Illustration: =Dudley Hogarth Pearce.=] =PEARCE, EDWARD CHARLES HENRY=, Trooper, No. 190, 2nd Australian Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Henry Pearce, of Elberton, Tockington, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Eliza Jane Sarah, dau. of the late Charles Smith, of Max House, Winscombe, co. Somerset; _b._ Winford, co. Somerset, 26 Jan. 1883; educ. Thornbury Grammar School; served for three years in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars; went to Australia in 1910 and was farming at Roma, Queensland, when war broke out; was one of the first men in that district to volunteer for Imperial service; joined the 2nd Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt the end of Oct., where he completed his training; went to the Dardanelles; took part in the famous landing of the Australians there, 25-26 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Quinn's Post, 7 Aug. following; _unm._ A comrade wrote: "He was one of the best chaps; he died as he had lived, an English gentleman to the last." His brother, L.-Corpl. Dudley Hogarth Pearce, was killed in action at Chocolate Hill, 28 Aug. 1915 (see preceding notice). [Illustration: =Edward C. H. Pearce.=] =PEARCE, HARRY CECIL=, A.B., J. 896, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =PEARCE, JOHN ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6098), 201703 (Chatham), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PEARCEY, ALFRED STEPHEN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 12774, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PEARCE, GEOFFREY VINCENT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., only _s._ of Sir William Pearce, of Shepway Lodge, Walmer, co. Kent, M.P., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Alexandra, dau. of Edwin Neane, of Harefield, Sidling, co. Kent; _b._ Brentwood, co. Essex, 19 June, 1889; educ. Uppingham School, where he was a Sergt. in the School Corps; was a Chemical Manufacturer (Spencer, Chapman & Messel, Ltd.); joined the Artists' Rifles in 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Artists' Rifles, Oct. 1914; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Warwicks, ... Nov. 1914, and was killed in action 18 Dec., during an attack on the German trenches at Rouges Bancs, south-east of Armentières, and buried by the enemy; _unm._ =PEARS, STUART=, Sergt., No. 974, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.); twin _s._ of Ernest Pears, of 69, Palace Road, Streatham Hill. S.W., Fellow of Chartered Institute of Secretaries, by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of John Campbell; _b._ Dulwich, 29 Oct. 1891; educ. Streatham Grammar School; was a Marine Insurance Clerk at Lloyds; joined the London Scottish in Nov. 1908; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of w |