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Record #23474
Name :
: Horace PEGG (1896 - 1918)
  aka : Private Pegg, Harry


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 11 Mar 1896

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 27 Aug 1918   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Norfolk
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Vis-en-Artois
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 5 Mar 1907
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
: Marchall
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes - Union Workhouse by Isham, Norfolk, England

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Horace Pegg.

1901 English Census records place Clara Pegg (27), and her two young children Horace (2) and an unnamed female infant (1 month of age) as Paupers in the Union Workhouse by Isham, Norfolk, England.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: PEGG
Given Name: Horace
Age: 7 (He was actually 11 years of age at this time)
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1907
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1907-02-21
Arrival Port: Portland
Arrival Date: 1907-03-05
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario
Comments: See also C-4716, T-501 and T-525
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG76 B 1 a
Microfilm: T-514
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

Possible 1911 Canadian Census records place Harry Pegg as a Lodger in the household of Anna and Henry Marchall in Dereham, Oxford, Ontario. Born Apr 1896, he immigrated from England in 1907.

Attestation papers were signed 1 Feb 1916 in Hagersville, Ontario. Horace Pegg was born 11 Mar 1896 in Norfolk, England. He was a farm labourer in Hagersville, Ontario. His Next of Kin was his sister, Miss Mable Pegg of 26 St. Stephens Road, Bayswater, England. 5' 5 1/2" in height with brown hair and dark brown eyes. His religion was listed as Methodist.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he was Killed in Action, hit by enemy machine gun fire and killed instantly during an attack at Vis-en-Artois, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Next of Kin was Mrs. W. R. Williams of 43 Garden Road, Peckham Rye, and then Mrs. M. Williams of 27 Ainsley Wood Road, Larkwood Cottage, Chingford, Essex, England. He was buried in Wancourt British Cemetery, Wancourt, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Plot: III. A. 11.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56515644 
ContributorsCreated : 2014-01-07 14:17:54 / From original database

Last Updated : 2014-01-07 14:18:33 /

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Surnames starting with:   A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z  7 Entries        
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
18038 PEGG, Daniel1885ENG,     Sep 1895 : Mongolian CAN Barnardos  
9826 PEGG, Emily 1888ENG,     Jun 1893 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
11524 PEGG, Emmeline1895ENG,     Sep 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
8353 PEGG, Harriet Georgina1896ENG,    , Shoreditch Sep 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
18228 PEGG, Henry Harmon1877ENG,     Apr 1890 : Sardinian CAN Waifs & Strays  
23474 PEGG, Horace1896ENG, NFK Mar 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
18229 PEGG, Matthew H1875ENG,     Apr 1890 : Sardinian CAN Waifs & Strays