Private Walter Stanley Peck
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1893
Date of Death
1 Oct 1917
Employer
Diamond Foundry, Dallow Road
Medals Awarded
Service Number
33072
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
66 Oak Road
Luton
Place of Death
Belgium
Grave Location
Hooge Crater Cemetery
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph , 27th October 1917
Pte Walter Stanley Peck, 33072, 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, was killed in action in Belgium on October 1st, 1917. He was aged 24, single and a former employee of the Diamond Foundry, Dallow Road.
The son of Walter and Eliza Peck, of 66 Oak Road, Luton, he had enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment (5608) in November 1915 and was transferred to the Leicesters in December the following year in France.
His older brother William, 11639, 1st Sherwood Foresters, had been killed in action on the Somme on July 7th, 1916, but his loss was not confirmed to his parents until around the time they learned of Walter's death.
Individual Location
Author: Deejaya
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