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Surname: PECK
Forename(s): Denis
Place of Birth: Lancaster, Lancashire
Service No: 4722
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1916-07-24
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XIV. E. 10.
CWGC Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Denis Peck was the son of John Henry and Lydia Peck, née Dowthwaite. John was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and Lydia at Lancaster, Lancashire. When Denis was baptized at St. Anne's Church, Lancaster, on the 17 June 1894 his abode was given as, Ellathorne's Yard.
1901 Lancaster, Lancashire Census: 28, Melrose Street - Denis Peck, aged 6 years, born Lancaster, son of John Hy and Lydia Peck.
1911 Lancaster, Lancashire Census: 43, North Edward Street - Denis Peck, aged 16 years, born Lancaster, son of John H. and Lydia Peck.
The British Army Service Record for Denis Peck exists but may be incomplete.
A short biography of Denis is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private Denis PECK
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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28 July 1916
BARNOLDSWICK SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS
A telegram from the Territorial Records Office, York (received on Wednesday evening) states that Pte. Denis Peck, 1/6th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, to whose case reference is made on another page, succumbed to his wounds in No. 18, General Hospital, Dannes Camiers, France, on Monday the 24th inst. He was 22 years of age, the eldest son of Mr. John Peck, 20 Arthur St., Barnoldswick, and before joining the Army nine months ago, worked as a weaver at Messrs. R. Brooks & Sons, Westfield Shed. He had been in France nearly six months.
A telegram indicating his grave condition was received on Monday evening, followed later by a letter from one of the nursing sisters, intimating that he wished to see his parents.
Mr Peck left for France at noon on Tuesday, on what would appear to have been a fruitless journey.
[The following article comes immediately after the above article as a separate news item.]
Private Denis Peck of the same regiment, whose home is at 20, Arthur St., was on Monday reported in a grave condition from a gunshot wound in the chest at the 18th General Hospital in France. His father went to see him on Tuesday.
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28 July 1916
BARNOLDSWICK SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS
A telegram from the Territorial Records Office, York (received on Wednesday evening) states that Private Denis Peck, 1st 6th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, to whose case reference is made in another column, succumbed to his wounds in No. 18 General Hospital, Dannes Camiers, France on Monday the 24th inst. He was 22 years of age, the eldest son of Mr. John Peck, 20 Arthur Street, Barnoldswick, and before joining the Army nine months ago, worked as a weaver at Messrs. R. Brooks and Sons, Westfield Shed. He had been in France nearly six months. A telegram indicating his grave condition was received on Monday evening, followed later by a letter from one of the nursing sisters intimating that he wished to see his parents. Mr Peck left for France at noon on Tuesday on what would appear to have been a fruitless journey.
28 July 1916
BARNOLDSWICK CASUALTY LIST
Pte. Denis Peck of the same regiment, whose home is at 20 Arthur Street, was on Monday reported in a grave condition from a gunshot wound in the chest at the 18th General Hospital in France. His father went to see him on Tuesday.
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