Drummer Bernard A E Pegg, 9238
- Batt - 1
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section - "B" Company
- Date of Birth - 1892
- Died - 22/09/1914
- Age - 22
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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 Charles and Rebecca Pegg. The War Diary entry for this day shows the Battalion position as Fosse Maruel, there was some shell fire by day and sniping at night, casualties sustained were two Privates killed, and five wounded, and one Officer died of his wounds, it has to be assumed that Bernard was one of the casualties.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Birth Place - St Mark's, Leicester
- Enlisted - Leicester
- Other Memorials - St Barnabas' Church WW1 Reredos
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Mem., France
- Born - St. Mark's, Leicester
- Enlisted - Leicester
- Place of Residence - 7 Longcliffe Road, Forest Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - ST. BARNABAS'S CHURCH, LEICESTER
- Memorial - Melbourne Hall Evangelical Church, Leicester