Robert Henry Peacock
Rank:
Gunner
Service:
Royal Field Artillery
Origin:
Date of birth:
Unknown
Date of death:
Unknown
Age at Death:
Unknown
Known information
Nothing at all is known about Robert Henry Peacock. We believe he was a relative of William and Sarah Peacock who were living in Stretton at the time of the First World War, although there is no record of him in the census data for 1901 or 1911 as living in the family. Two of William and Sarah's sons, Jessie and Tom also fought in the First World War but survived. There is also no detail on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for a R H Peacock. Robert is remembered on Stretton's war memorial and is in the Roll of Fallen Heroes section of George Phillips' book, Rutland and the Great War, but he does not appear in the main biography section.
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Robert Henry Peacock seems to have been born at Grimsthorpe in late 1883. He was christened at Edenham on 28th October 1883. His parents were William and Sarah Jane. William was born at Thimbleby, Yorkshire in 1858 and Sarah Jane was born at Grimsthorpe in the same year.Robert appears to have had 3 brothers, George James born in around 1880, Tom born around 1885 and Jesse born around 1886 as well as a sister, Louisa Nellie who was born around 1889. The family appears on the 1891 census as living in the parish of Bainton near Stamford and Robert's father, William is listed as a gamekeeper.In 1901, they still seem to be in the Stamford area but in 1911 Robert's parents appear on the Census in Rutland whilst George and Robert seem to be living in the Bourne area.Louisa Nellie seems to have married Harry Camm in 1914. The death of a Louisa Nellie Camm was registered in Scunthorpe in September 1969.Her husband Harry seems to have been born at Grimsthorpe too and also appears on the 1911 census in the Rutland area.
By Melissa Pilbeam on Saturday 24th May '14 at 7:39pm
Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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