Dates:
War Service:
Private 630663 HENRY ARTHUR VERNON PEACE of 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) battalion, London Regiment was killed in action near Albert on 16 May 1918, aged 27. He joined the 20th Londons on 1 September 1914 and went to France in March 1915, where he was in charge of the signals section.
He is buried and remembered in Contay British Cemetery near Albert.
Location of Memorial:
He is remembered on the memorial at the Church of St James, Hatcham and on the 20th London Regiment Roll of Honour.
Details:
He was the son of Mary E. H. and the late Captain Henry Peace, of New Cross. He was born in Forest Hill on 21 November 1890. He had been employed in the office of Dick, Kerr and Co of Abchurch Yard, Cannon Street.
Source:
de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour
Contributed By: Andy Pepper
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