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L/Cpl. Richard Edward Alfred Pedder
British Army 13th (Kensington) Btn. London Regiment
from:Paddington
(d.9th May 1915)
Pte. Alexander Peden
British Army 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:18 Furnace Place, Askam in Furness, Cumbria
(d.1st September 1915)
Alexander Peden was born in Askam in 1891 the son of David and Elizabeth Leavers Peden of 18 Furnace Place, Askam. Alexander's father was a labourer in the iron ore mines, originally from Ireland, his mother was from West Bromwich. In 1901 Alexander was living with his parents and siblings James, David, Edward and Susan. A son William died in 1900 aged 11 months. His sister Sarah was a servant living in Scotforth near Lancaster. Before the war Alexander was a mine worker in one of the local mines. In 1911 Alexander was boarding with Agnes Duke in Leigh, Lancashire, where he was working as a coal miner below ground. His father in 1907 aged 54 years and his mother in 1934 aged 73 years. They are both interred in St Peter's Churchyard.
Alexander signed in up in Ashington, Northumberland in 1915 joining the 8th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Alexander was deployed over-seas on 10th of July 1915. The 8th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, was raised at Newcastle in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army.
After initial training close to home, they moved to Belton Park, Grantham. On the 4th of April 1915 the Division assembled at Witley and Frensham for final training. They served with 34th Brigade, 11th (Northern) Division proceeding to Gallipoli in July 1915 sailing from Liverpool to Murdos on board SS Aquitania, landing near Lala Baba at Suvla Bay on the 6th of August 1915.
On the 20th December 1915 the Division was withdrawn from Gallipoli to Imbros and then to Egypt in January 1916 where they took over defence of a section of the Suez canal. Alexander died of his wounds in the military hospital in Alexandria, after not quite a month in Turkey. It is likely that he was wounded at the Battle for Scimitar Hill (21st August 1915) in which in one day of fighting the British suffered 5,300 casualties out of the 14,300 soldiers who participated.
The Barrow News of 18 September 1915 tells us: Died Of Wounds. On Friday last Mrs. Peden, Furness-place, received official news that her son, Private A. Peden, Northumberland Fusiliers, had died of his wounds on September 1st. We reported in the news previously that Private Peden had been severely wounded by a shell while serving in the Dardanelles. He was a fine young fellow, steady and obedient, and won for himself many friends who regret the sad news, and condole with his widowed mother. As a token of respect Mr. Ward, headmaster of the Junior Council School, had the Union Jack run half-mast on the flag pole in the school yard.
Remembered with Honour at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery.
Sgt. James Peden
British Army 5/6th Btn. Royal Scots
from:Edinburgh
James Peden was a Pipe Major with the Royal Scots and was at Gallipoli.
Cpl. John Willis Pedley
British Army 10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battalion King's Regiment Liverpool
from:Liverpool
Pte. Joseph Pedley
British Army 13th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
(d.24th Oct 1916)
Joseph Pedley, Private 19468, enlisted at Jarrow and served in the 13th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment. He died on the 24th October 1916 and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church, Jarrow. Joseph's Medal Card shows the award of the British War and Victory Medals.
Joseph is the son of William John and Annie Pedley nee Keeling and was born in 1889 at Jarrow. He was married to Jessie E Pedley nee Medhurst of 6 Horsa road, Erith, Kent. In the 1911 census Joeph is 21, single and living with his parents at 5 Bladen Street, Jarrow. His father William is 67, a Joiner's Labourer and has been married for 44 years to Jessie who is 66. They had 11 children with 6 still alive. Joseph is the only one at home and is working as a marine engine fitter.
Pte. Walter Pedley
British Army 1/5th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancashire
(d.16th Nov 1915)
Walter Pedley died of wounds 16th November 1915, aged 20. He is buried in the Pieta Military Cemetery in Malta. He lived at 86 Reed Street, Later 5 Hampden Street, Burnley, Lancashire
Pte. Walter Pedley
British Army 1/5th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancashire
(d.16th Nov 1915)
Walter Pedley died of wounds aged 20 and is buried in the Pieta Military Cemetery in Malta. He lived at 86 Reed Street, later 5 Hampden Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
2Lt. Charles William Peel
British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Tamworth
(d.24th April 1915)
Pte. Robert Peel
British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:New Mills, Derbyshire
(d.5th Nov 1918)
Robert Peel was a great uncle. He served with the 9th Sherwood Foresters.
Pte. Thomas B. Peel
British Army 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Otley, Wharfedale, Leeds
WOII Walter Peeler VC.
Australian Army 3rd Pioneer Battalion
from:Australia
Trimmer Alloo Peera
Mercantile Marine Reserve H.M.S. Lama
(d.26 Oct 1916)
Alloo Peera served in H.M.S. Lama Remembered at . WW1
Pte. Albert Burgess Peerless
British Army 8th Btn Norfolk Regiment
from:Wimbledon, London
(d.22nd Oct 1917)
2Lt. Irving Aloysius "I.A." Peers
Royal Flying Corps 98 Squadron
from:Boston, MA, USA
I.A. Peers joined the Imperial Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and received his training at Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada. When sent to Europe, he was stationed with No. 98 Squadron, a bombing unit. His plane, an Airco DH9, was shot down over Belgium in 1918 and he was a POW in Rastatt, Germany for the duration of the war.
Upon his repatriation and return to the US, he enlisted with the Navy and was stationed in Great Lakes, Illinois for training. In March 1920 he deserted and went AWOL. Story is he became a barnstormer and because he was in trouble for deserting, he changed his name to Arthur J Doyle.
Eventually he changed his name back to Irving Aloysius Peers. I.A. was a door-to-door salesman. It's not known exactly why he kept moving west away from his Boston family but eventually he and his wife along with their children settled in Rochester, NY. Irving Peers died suddenly in 1948 at age 49.
Pte. Richard Peers
British Army 4th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Wigan, Lancashire
(d.28th Oct 1918)
All I know is Richard Peers died in the war. He is buried in Aulnoy Cemetery in France. I don't know how or were he died but would love to find out.
Pte. Peter Peet
British Army 11th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Wigan
(d.16th Aug 1917)
Peter Peet was killed by sniper fire in Flanders.
Pte. William Peet
British Army 2nd Btn., B Coy. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
from:4 Duke Terrace, Dawson Street, Nottingham
(d.26th September 1917 )
On 26th of September 1917, Private William Peet, a member of B Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) took part in the attack on Hill 40 at Zonnebeke, Belgium during the 3rd Battle of Ypres. He was one of the 66 members of the Battalion reported "Missing, believed Killed In Action" in addition to the 44 known fatalities killed in the attack. He has no known grave.
Pte. William Peet
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Scots
from:Nottingham
(d.26th September 1917)
William Peet was my father's half-brother (my father would have been 7 at the time of his death) and he was enlisted into the Army Reserve on 10th December 1915 and was mobilized into the 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters on 5th of February 1916. On 14th April 1916 he was further posted to Royal Scots. After having 3 days leave from 9th to 12th September 1916 he returned to his unit for a short period before being "released for farm work" on 20th December 1916.
He rejoined on 2nd February 1917 and it is recorded that he embarked Folkstone to Bolougne on 5th of June 1917 to join 20th Infantry Base Unit. He joined 2nd Battalion (B Company we believe) Royal Scots and was killed in action on 26th September 1917 - we believe during the advance on Hill 40 as part of the first day of the Battle of Polygon Wood.
William has no known grave but is one of the 33,000 plus remembered on the Memorial Wall at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke. Whilst the younger members of my father's family new nothing of William until a few years ago, my brother, me and our spouses have been to Tyne Cot 4 times previously to pay our respects to an uncle we never had an opportunity to know. On 26th September 2017 we shall be attending the dawn service at Polygon Wood, leaving a Poppy Wreath to commemorate the centenary of his death and attending the Menin Gate Last Post Ceremony that evening. Respect.
Nixon "Mimi" Peggy
Women's Land Army
My mum served in the WLA from 1947 to 1948 at Hasketon. I have a pic of her in uniform. She was at Little Manor Hostel.
Ldg.Sea. Ernest Pegram
Royal Naval Division Hood Btn
from:Gateshead
Ernest Pegram joined the Northumberland Fusiliers at the outbreak of WW1. His record shows that he was transferred to the Royal Naval Reserve and then to Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division. He was injured in the Dardanelles and spent time in hospital in Egypt. His record shows he was treated at 88th Field Ambulance Clearing Station, Dardanelles, then 1st Australian Hospital, Cairo. He was transferred to the NZ Hospital at Halouan then the Citadel Clearing Depot, Cairo, spending time in the Convalescent Hospital Luxor and 19th General Hospital, Alexandria.
Pte. Ernest S. Peirson
Army 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.15 Apr 1918)
Sgt. Taylor Peirson
British Army 12th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Darlington
(d.10th Apr 1918)
Spr. McIntyre Shields Pelan MM.
British Army 126th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Belfast
My grandfather McIntyre Pelan signed up on 30th November 1914 and was not released by the military until 24th April 1919 as he was required to dismantle the war machinery. He was awarded the Military Medal although I have been unable to find out what for.
Gnr. Arthur Albert Pelham
British Army 110th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
(d.29th Aug 1918)
On the 29th of August 1918, 110 Brigade RFA was shelled and my grandfather, Gunner A.A. Pelham, was killed. He was buried in the village of Maurepas. A letter from the Brigade Commander dated Sept 22nd 1918 explains he died when the Division was advancing and came under heavy shelling.
Arthur Albert Pelham was born in Collyhurst, Lancs and enlisted at Saford. He was the husband of Harriet Pelham, of 15, Middleton Street, Pendleton, Manchester. He was 27. He is buried in Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt
Lt. Herbert Lyttelton Pelham
British Army Royal Sussex Regiment
(d.14th Sep 1914)
Herbert Lyttelton Pelham was killed in action in the First Battle of Aisne. He is buried in Vendresse British Cemetery.
Spr. Pells
British Army 171st Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers
Pte. Algernon John Pells
British Army 4th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Little Stonham
(d.30th Oct 1916)
I once visited Little Stonham as this was where my great-grandfather was born. I looked around the now dis-used local church and found the roll of honour on the wall which included that of Algernon Pells. I believe he may have been a nephew of my great-grandfather.
Rfm. H. Pelotto
British Army 1/18th Btn. London Regiment
from:13, Clonmel Rd., Fulham, London.
(d.9th Jul 1917)
Sjt. Harry Pemberton
British Army 23rd Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Leeds
He was my Grandfather and was a regular who sailed to France on 23rd August 1914 and served there for the duration of the war. He was wounded in the arm and evacuated to England but later returned to his unit.
In WWII he served as an instructor in the Scots Guards.
I served in 1985 - 1991 and 2001 - 2003 in the same unit in the Royal Engineers - 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron and went to war with them to Iraq when I was serving as their Quartermaster in 2003.
Pte. Harry Pemberton
British Army Scots Guards
from:Leeds
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