The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H J Peachey

Private Henry James PEACHEY, G/8748, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd September 1916, age 45.

Born Ware, Hertfordshire, son of John and Sarah Peachey, of Vanguard Street, Deptford.

9th February 1901, Register Office, Greenwich, Henry James Peachey married Frances Hilliard, spinster, 39 Heston Street, Deptford, London.

1911 Census - 4 Aboukir Cottages, Church Street, Greenwich, SE - Henry James Peachey, head, age 38, married, coal porter, Coal Merchants, worker, born Ware, Hertfordshire; Frances Peachey, wife, age 39, married 12 years, 1 child, born Deptford; Henry James Peachey, son, age 11, school boy, born Greenwich.

Enlisted Deptford, age 34 years & 240 days, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 137lbs, fresh complexion, hazel eyes, black hair, scar left lower jaw & left knee, slight varicose veins right leg, "I love Lily etc", left forearm. Resided 39 Heston Street, Deptford, London. Formerly carman.

Home 19th September 1914 to 21st October 1914.

19th September 1914, enlisted as Driver, 129th Company, 13th Divisional Reserve, Army Service Corps, Service No.T/2/12974; 21st October 1914, Trowbridge, Application approved for Discharge of a Recruit as not likely to become an efficient Soldier, attested 19th September 1914, age 33 years & 278 days, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 146lbs, severe varicose veins; 21st October 1914, discharged, medically unfit for service.

Enlisted Lewisham, SE. Resided Deptford, SE. Formerly carman.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.