5th (Reserve) Battalion
Aug 1914 Formed at Windsor as the 4th (Reserve) Battalion.
July 1915 Became the 5th (Reserve) Battalion. Remained stationed at Windsor throughout the war.
BORN SWINESHEAD, LINCOLNSHIRE 1886. JOINED THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT IN 1904. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, TEETH MISSING. CONTINUED IN THE ARMY RESERVE. HE MARRIED IN HULL 14/12/1913. HIS WIFE, MARY ELLINOR SWAINGER, LIVED AT 1, HODGE STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL, 10, BEAUMONT T […]
14 LEONARDS AVENUE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
02/02/1916
Aged
30
BORN CHRISTCHURCH, NOTTINGHAM 1886. SON OF JOHN AND REBECCA PEGG, WHO RAN THE BOAT HOUSE INN, NEWARK. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN HULL. HE WORKED AS A WOOD SAWYER. HE MARRIED LILY MAY BLOW, AT HULL, IN 1909. HIS WIFE LILLY AND SON RICHARD, LIVED AT 14 LEONARDS AVENUE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 5TH […]
