Basic Details
Surname
Peacock
Forenames
Joseph
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
16531
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Newark.

(CWGC records that Private Joseph Peacock, regimental number 16531, died on 16/11/1916 serving in 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he was a native of St Mary's parish in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his mother Emily was his legatee. His Medal Index Card records that he was sent to France on 18/3/1915, and that his mother Emily's address was Newark. On the 1911 census Joseph had been aged 21, living with his parents Emily and Joseph Peacock in Newark. His birth had been registered in Peterborough District in 1889 as "Joe Luker Peacock", as which he had been recorded on the 1891 census; he appeared on all later records as "Joseph Peacock").
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
November
Day of death
16
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
NEWARK
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial