Company Quartermaster Sergeant Tom Peach, 13994
- Batt - 8
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section - "C" Company
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 10/06/1917
- Age - 24
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Thomas and Jane Peach. The War Diary for today records. HINDENBURG LINE.
Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. Coalville Times article - Friday June 22nd, 1917
News has been received by Mr and Mrs T. Peach, Bridge Street, Shepshed, of the death of their youngest son, Company Quartermaster-Sergeant T. Peach, on Sunday, June 10th. An officer writes, “He was bringing up rations at the time, and an enemy shell fell almost at his feet, killing him and another man instantly, and wounding another. He was my most valued and trusted N.C.O. as well as a personal friend, and I assure you of my deepest sympathy and that of the whole battalion.” The gallant soldier before he joined the Colours was associated with the Church of England Schools and a member of the Parish Church choir and C.L.B. He also was a member of the Parish Church C.C. and Amateur F.C. and occasionally played for the Shepshed Albion F.C.
Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 16/11/2017
- Conflict - World War I
- Other Memorials - Shepshed Oaks & Charley
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - St.Leger British Cem., France
- Born - Shepshed, Leicestershire
- Enlisted - Loughborough, Leicestershire
- Place of Residence - Bridge Street, Shepshed, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - SHEPSHED MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - SHEPSHED CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL MEM., LEICS