Sergeant 38778 William Henry PECKOVER

Sergeant 38778 William Henry Peckover{gallery}Sgt W H Peckover{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 23rd August 1917, aged 20

• Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panels 88 to 90 and 162
  
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Alice Peckover 
• NNWFHS Memorial: Atherstone

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Sergeant Peckover
• NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
• Tyne Cot Memorial
• Hampshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Oct Qtr 1897 at Atherstone
• Lived with his uncle and aunt at Coach and Horses’ Yard, Atherstone [1911]
• Employed as a shoe factory apprentice [1911]
• Enlisted on 17 Sep 1914