Friday 25 June 2010

166381 Gnr Richard Peet, RGA

166381 Gunner Richard Peet of 208 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died of wounds on the 25th June 1917. He is buried in Trois Arbres Cemetery in Steenwerck, Belgium.

Richard was a Lancashire man, born in Southport and living in Walton when he enlisted. He joined the RGA at Preston.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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