Personal Details

Born: 28 December 1874 in Burleydam, Cheshire and baptised on 31 January 1875 in Burleydam Parish Church.

Family: He was the sixth of eight children born to Richard Peake, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Sarah, He married Ada Mary Parker on 25 April 1901 at Audlem Parish Church, Chester and together they had two children, Elsie Mary and Albert Thomas.

Residence: In 1881 he lived near Goldsmith House, Burleydam, Cheshire; in 1901 he had moved to Bothy Cottage, Burleydam. By 1991, having married, he lived with his wife and children at 2 Grange Cottages, Edgeley, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1919 Absent Voters’ Register shows his address as 13 Talbot Street, Whitchurch where he was living until his death.

Employment: He was a domestic gardener in 1901, 1911 and 1939.

Died: 19 June 1957 in Whitchurch, aged 82.

Military Details

Military details not known.