Notes
The Roll lists his address as Hall Lane, Werrington. The 1920s version of the Roll of Honour recorded that he was awarded both the DCM and the French Croix de Guerre; the 1990s version recorded the DCM, but omitted any reference to the Croix de Guerre.
(CWGC records that Lance Corporal G Peacock, regimental number 26539, died aged 29 on 22/8/1918 serving in 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, and is buried in grave II.C.4 at Albert Communal Cemetery Extension in France. They record that he was awarded both the DCM and the Croix de Guerre, and that he was the son of Mrs Jane E Peacock of Hall Lane, Werrington, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he was a native of Holme who was living in Werrington when he enlisted in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his mother Jane E Peacock was his legatee. On the 1911 census George had been aged 22, living with his parents Walter and Jane in Holme, near Peterborough. His father's death was registered in Peterborough in 1920).