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Gerald Ferguson Peacocke
05/05/1898 - 09/08/1917
Source: Dulwich College
Other Memorials: St Mary's Church, Shortlands, Shortlands War Memorial, Beckenham War Memorial, Dulwich College
Last known address in Bromley: 8 Bromley Grove
Military information
Regiment/Service: The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)Battalion/Ship: 6th Bn
Rank: Private
Number: T/202773
Family information
Parents: William Tully & Constance Mary Peacocke (nee Foster)Parents' occupation: Accountant
Siblings: Tully Lloyd Courtnay, Constance Margaret (d), Harold Gilchrist, Katherine Wilhelmina Laura Constance (d)
Census information
1901Address: Grove Lodge, Ingalstone, Essex
1911
Address: Lynton, 8 Bromley Grove
Extra details
Gerald was the youngest of William Tully and Mary Peacocke's five children. He was a grandson of the late Rev W Y Peacocke Vicar of Upton, Notts and of the late Mr S Lloyd Foster, of Old Park Hall, Walsall, and Callipers Hall, Herts, and grand-nephew of the late Arch¬bishop of Dublin, and of Lord Wrottesley, President of the Royal Society.
He was educated at Clare House School, Beckenham, Dulwich College (1910-13), and the Imperial Service College, Windsor.
In September, 1915, he joined the Inns of Court O.T.C., and served with a Provisional Battalion in England for several months in 1916. Later, he transferred to the Buffs, where he was soon promoted to Lance-Corporal. He then took a course at the School of Musketry, Hythe, obtaining a first-class certificate, and then went to the Front on 30th May 1917.
He fell during a raid on the enemy trenches, in which his party drew the majority of the enemy fire. A search-party which went out later failed to recover the bodies of those who had fallen, and he was presumably buried by the enemy. It was the intention of his captain to recommend him for a commission. An officer wrote of him:
"Such a splendid soldier! The brightest and one of the bravest! Always ready with a jest, even when the shells were flying fastest!"
As a motorcyclist, he displayed great daring and presence of mind.
It had been his intention to enter the legal profession, for which he was eminently suited.
Thank you to Dulwich College for their assistance.
Additional photographs
Source: St Mary's Shortlands Book of Remembrance
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