Regiment: Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, 7th Battalion

BORN HULL 1895. KNOWN AS 'JACK'. SON OF JOHN & ANN EDITH BARTRAM. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. EX 12929 13TH HUSSARS. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE BATTLE, ON 01/07/1916, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 28/07/1916, 02/07/1917 & 01/07/1919. HIS BROTHER, DECKHAND, JAMES HENRY CHARLES BA […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM PEACHEY (1855-1935) & LAURA HORWOOD HEWITT (1857-1935), OF 84, SOMERSET STREET, HULL. SON OF A BRICKLAYER, ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A WHITESMITH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 209871, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, G/23154, 7TH QUEENS ROYAL WEST SURRE […]