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. 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.
First name:
EDWARD
Military Number:
23154
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
04/04/1918
Place died:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
22
