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| Name: |
George Robert PEEBLES |
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| Casualty No.: |
292 |
Ranks: |
Corporal |
Initials: |
G R |
Service No.: |
1359 |
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| Date of Birth : |
- |
Place of Birth : |
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
Age at Death: |
18 |
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| Unit: |
1st/4th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (Territorial Force) attending 149th Brigade Machine Gun Corps, 149th Brigade, 50th Division. |
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| Place Enlisted: |
Prudhoe, Northumberland. |
| Place of Residence: |
Nedderton village, Northumberland. |
| Home Address: |
17 Rockwood Hill, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. |
| Previous Address: |
Formerly of Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. The family later moved to Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Civilian Employment: |
Miner at Greenside Colliery. |
| How Died: |
Killed in action |
| Date of Death: |
Friday 15th September 1916 |
| Place of Death: |
Belgium. |
| Battle/Campaign: |
Wyschaete sector. |
| Locally Commemorated: |
Greenside War Memorial, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Memorial Organ, United Methodist Church, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co Durham.
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| UK Commemorated: |
- |
| Overseas Commemorated: |
- |
| Buried: |
La Laiterie Military cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium XI.A.1 |
| Decoration and Medals: |
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| Photographs: |
1 |
| Service Records: |
No |
| Death Notice/Obituary: |
Blaydon Courier, page 8, 29th April 1916.
Blaydon Courier, page 2, 4th November 1916.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, In Memoriam, 19th September 1916.
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| Family Details: |
Son of George Robert and Dorothy Peebles of 222 Newburn Road, Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.
Brother: William.
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| Notes : |
George's brother, William, was killed in action whilst serving with the 1st/4th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers, on 15th September 1916. |
| Sources Used: |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
Soldiers Died in the Great War
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