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 SURREY REGIMENT. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 04/04/1918, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN.
HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
EDWARD
Military Number:
G/23154
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
04/04/1918
Place died:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
22
