BORN HULL 1880. SON OF ROBERT PECK (1841-1898) & MARY JANE HALLETT (1843-1921), AT MARMADUKE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A LABOURER LIVING WITH HIS BROTHER, WILL, AT 91 VICTOR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL.
HE HAS SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT FOR 13 YEARS AND ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914. HE BECAME TIME EXPIRED, ON 15/01/1916. HE RE-ENLISTED ON 20/09/1916, AGED 36 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 126 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST. TRAINED WITH THE 3RD EYR, AT RUGELEY CAMP. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 03/03/1917. POSTED TO THE 7TH EYR BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/05/1917, AGED 37. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY JANE. HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM, DIED IN HULL, IN DECEMBER, 1920, AGED 42.. HE ALSO LEFT THREE OLDER, MARRIED SISTERS.
