| Surname: |
Petchey |
| Initials/Name: |
Arthur Walter |
| Country of Service: |
UK |
| Rank: |
Private |
| Regiment: |
Essex Regiment |
| Unit: |
2nd Battalion |
| Service No: |
10116 |
| Age: |
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| Date of Death |
01/04/1915 |
| How died: |
Killed in Action |
| Awards: |
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| Cemetery: |
Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery |
| Country: |
Belgium |
| Grave Reference: |
I.L.7 |
| Local Memorials: |
Stock and Maldon War Memorial |
| Address: |
Maldon. Born Stock |
| CWGC Page: |
Arthur Peachey |
| |
(should this link fail, search the
CWGC site) |
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Below from John Westwood |
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| Arthur Walter
Petchey was born in Stock, and lived and enlisted in Maldon. He was a regular
soldier (private 10116) belonging to the 2nd Essex Regt. |
| He was killed
in action 1 April 1915, in France and Flanders, The 2nd Essex spent the entire
war, at least from 22/08/1914, on the Western Front. |
| On 1 April
1915 the Battalion was relieved in the trenches near Le Bizet on the
Franco-Belgian border by the 1/1 Monmouthshire Regiment. Petchey was the only
fatality that day He is buried in Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery I.L.7 |
| This cemetery
was established beside a building known as Essex House and is an example of a
regimental cemetery, many of which were made in 1914 and 1915. It was begun in
November 1914 by the 2nd Essex and 2nd Monmouthshire Regiments. |
| Updated 22.09.2024 |