| Surname: |
Petchey |
| Initials/Name: |
Charles E |
| Country of Service: |
UK |
| Rank: |
Driver |
| Regiment: |
Army Service Corps |
| Unit: |
H.Q. Coy. 18th Div. Train |
| Service No: |
T4/037894 |
| Age: |
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| Date of Death |
19/05/1917 |
| How died: |
Died of Wounds |
| Awards: |
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| Cemetery: |
Mont Huon Military Cemetery Le Treport |
| Country: |
France |
| Grave Reference: |
III.F.5B |
| Local Memorials: |
Stock and Maldon War Memorial |
| Address: |
Maldon. Born Stock |
| CWGC Page: |
Charles Peachey |
| |
(should this link fail, search the
CWGC site) |
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Below from John Westwood |
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| Charles
Petchey was born in Stock, enlisted in Chelmsford and lived in Maldon. He was a
Driver in the Royal Army Service Corps, HQ. Company, 18th Division Train.
(service number T4/037894) What that meant was that he belonged those soldiers
who took supplies by horse to the front. The 18th was assigned to the 4th
Division and Charles died of wounds received in the Third Battle of the Scarpe
on 19th May 1917. |
| He is buried
in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport. During the First World War, Le
Treport was an important hospital centre and by July 1916, the town contained
three general hospitals (the 3rd, 16th and 2nd Canadian), No. 3 Convalescent
Depot and Lady Murray's BRCS Hospital. |
| Updated
22.09.2024 |