Informations sur naissance

Date de naissance:
01/06/1897
Lieu de naissance:
Blenheim, Ontario, Canada

Informations générales

Profession:
Agriculteur

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Canada
Force armée:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Numéro de service:
189868
Incorporation date:
17/01/1916
Incorporation nom de lieu:
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Unités:
 —  Canadian Infantry, 18th Bn. (Western Ontario)  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
19/11/1917
Lieu de décès:
German Lazaret in Izegem, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Âge:
20

Cimetière

Tyne Cot Cemetery
Parcelle: LIX
Rangée: C
Tombe: 12

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 2

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Mon histoire

Private Peter Pegg, a former farmer from Ontario, served in the 18th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario), which was part of the 4th Canadian Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division.

Between the 9th and the 12th of November, the 18th Battalion was holding a line on the eastern outskirts of Passchendaele village (28.D.12.b.45.90. to 28.D.6.b.65.35). On the 12th Private Pegg was wounded in the shoulder. His commander sent him to a Field Dressing Station behind the front. Since no reports about him were received after this, he was listed as ‘missing in action’ and later ‘missing presumed dead’.

In early 1918 German documents sent to the Canadian Army stated that Private Peter Pegg had died of wounds on the 19th of November 1917 in a German Advanced Dressing Station (Lazaret) in Izegem. After the war his grave was moved from the Communal Cemetery in Izegem (21.S.21.b.6.2) where he was originally buried to Tyne Cot Cemetery.

By the end of 1917 all landmarks near the village of Passchendaele had been wiped out by shell fire. The War Diary notes that rainy weather, mud and waterlogged shell holes made movement difficult. It’s likely that Private Pegg had become lost in the bare landscape and walked to the German lines in error.

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