PEACH, Fred

Lucknow Cantonment Cemetery, IndiaCredit: CWGC

Shoeing Smith
1st/5th Battalion Hampshire Battery
Royal Field Artillery

Fred was born 1891 in Newport the youngest son of Fred & Ellen Rosa (nee BROADHURST) PEACH who were living at 2 Union Street in Newport around the time of Fred’s death. The family had previously lived at 2 Hearn Street also in Newport.

Fred, aged 18, died from a combination of malaria, heatstroke & laryngitis on the 16th of October 1915. Fred is buried in the Lucknow Cantonment Cemetery in India & as this particular cemetery is within an Indian Army barracks, the Commission is unable to gain access. Therefore, these soldiers are also commemorated upon the Madras 1914-1918 Memorial in Chennai, India.

Fred is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials. His brother Jacob also fell in The Great War.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.