Part 151

=PEDDEL, SYDNEY EDGAR=, Sergt., No. 8918, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of Edward James Peddel, of 33, Cardonzo Road, Caledonian Road, Holloway, N., Coach Trimmer, by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Salter, of Southampton; _b._ Salisbury, co. Wilts, 1 July, 1888; educ. St. James’s Church School, Holloway; was employed in a city stockbroker’s office; joined the L.R.B. in 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France 1 Nov. following; took part in several trench attacks; came home on leave 21 Feb. 1915; returned to the firing line on the 28th, and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 10 April following, _unm._ Buried in the L.R.B. Cemetery in the wood there. 2nd Lieut. A. Bryan White wrote: “Although I had only been his platoon commander for a very short time, I have known Sergt. Peddel for many years, and feel that I have not only lost a good N.C.O. but a very old friend. He was liked and respected by every man in the battn., and would have made an excellent officer had his commission gone through sooner.” Sergt. Peddel was well known in North London as an indefatigable athlete. He was a leader of the Gymnasium connected with St. James’s Church, Holloway, and the possessor of several medals won in various competitions. He took part in the Territorial sports at Stamford Bridge in 1913, when the London Rifle Brigade beat the London Scottish in the Marathon in the record time of 1 hour 33 mins. 37 secs.--a remarkably fine achievement. Sergt. Peddel was then a L.-Corpl. In April, 1914, when the L.R.B. made the forced march from London to Brighton, Corpl. Peddel (to which rank he had been promoted) was pacemaker, and assisted to set up a new record for long-distance marching, the Foreign Legion’s record of 50 miles in 15½ hours being easily beaten. The time occupied by the L.R.B. to do the 52½ miles was 14 hours 23 mins. (marching time 12 hours 44 mins.). Sergt. Peddel secured several prizes in L.R.B. contests. He won a silver cup in the school of arms competition 1913, bayonet v. bayonet, and another cup in the five miles race in the same year. He was also a member of the Orion Harriers, the Archway Harriers, the Crouch End Cyclist Club, and the Alexandra Park Tennis Club.

=PEDDER, PERCY JAMES=, Private, No. 7759, 2nd Battn. The Border Regt., eldest _s._ of (--) Pedder; was for some time in South Africa; returned during the Balkan War, and went to Greece with the British Red Cross. On the outbreak of the European War he volunteered and joined the 2nd Border Regt.; went to France with his Regt. in the 7th Division, and was killed in action 24 Oct. 1914, while assisting a wounded comrade. Coy. Sergt.-Major Stuart Davenport wrote: “I am able to inform you from an eyewitness who was next to him when he was killed that he died a hero in a trench at a traverse.... A man was hit by a shrapnel; no one would go and help him at the moment--as shell after shell was coming in at that particular spot. Pedder went and had succeeded in bandaging him up when he was struck behind the left ear by one bullet from a shell, which penetrated his brain. He died at once and said not a word, and he was buried that night, a cross was put on his grave.” He _m._ Annette (26, Palatine Road, Stoke Newington, N.), dau. of (--).

=PEEL, ALAN RALPH=, Capt., South Wales Borderers (24th Regt.), eldest surviving _s._ of Herbert Peel, of Taliaris Park, co. Carmarthen, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Mary Susannah Ainsworth, dau. of the late Capt. William Lee, R.M.L.I.; _b._ Taliaris Park, 7 July, 1886; educ. Cheltenham College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the South Wales Borderers, 24 Jan. 1906, became Lieut. 1 Dec. 1907, and Capt., 12 Sept. 1914; served with the 1st Battn. in India, 1907–9, and at Pretoria, 1910; attached to the South African Mounted Infantry, Feb. 1911, and quartered at Harrismith and Bloemfontein to 1912, in which year he was seconded to the West African Frontier Force (Nigerian Regt.). Returning home on furlough in 1914, he was the same year seconded for service with the Nigerian Mounted Infantry, and left again for West Africa in June; he was killed in action, leading a bayonet charge, at Kosseoa, near Marna, North Cameroons, 17 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote as follows: “I had made application for him to join me, knowing his ability. You have the honour of knowing no soldier could have met a more gallant death, viz., at the head of his men, leading them to the charge and showing an example of great bravery. He was buried with all honours by the Capt. of the French company with whom he was operating at the time.” The latter wrote: “I paid the funeral honours ... to the two brave English officers, MM. le Capit. A. R. Peel and Lieut. Percival, who fell on the field of honour while giving to their men an example of great bravery.” The Commandant of the Nigerian Regt. wrote as follows: “To lighten your great sorrow you have the honour of knowing that your son died in a manner worthily upholding the finest traditions of the Service, and setting an example of valour to the whole regt., among whom he was so deservedly known as a brave and upright officer and the best of good comrades.” Capt. A. R. Peel was a thorough all-round sportsman, a good rider and polo player.

=PEELING, HARRY COURTLAND=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, 365838, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Joseph Peeling, of Gardener’s Lodge, Wickham Place, near Witham, co. Essex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=PEET, JOHN EDWARD GRIMSTON=, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., elder _s._ of James Henry Peet, of Perry Hill, Worplesdon, co. Surrey, M.D., by his wife, Winifred, dau. of the late Major Henry Grimston Hale, 11th Hussars; _b._ Huddersfield, co. York, 24 April, 1895; educ. St. George’s College, Weybridge, and Douay Abbey, Woolhampton; enlisted in the Berkshire Yeomanry, 25 Sept. 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Royal West Surrey Regt., 9 Feb. 1915 and was accidentally killed in a motor cycle collision at Guildford on the 27th while on service. Lieut.-Col. J. B. Kerslake wrote: “We had great expectations of him, and in no case have I recommended a commission with more confidence. His premature death is a loss not only to his family but to his country. In your great loss we, indeed, sympathise most deeply. Your only consolation can be that he met his death while serving his country, and doing his duty to the fullest.” And Brig.-Gen. Andrew L. Macfies, Commanding 1st South Lancashire Brigade: “The class of instruction to which your son belonged is attached to my brigade. He was, therefore, to some extent under my command, and I understand showed every promise of becoming a good officer.”

=PELHAM, HENRY ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9409, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=PELHAM, HON. HERBERT LYTTLETON=, Lieut. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., 4th and yst. _s._ of Francis Godolphin, 5th Earl of Chichester, by his wife, Alice, née Carr Glyn (Oldland, Keymer, Sussex), dau. of George Carr, 1st Baron Wolverton; _b._ Lambeth Rectory, London, 3 April, 1884; educ. by the Rev. A. Tabor, Cheam; Charterhouse; and Rev. V. Scott, South Lynn, Eastbourne; joined the Duke of Connaught’s Own Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia), 12 April, 1902; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Sussex Regt., 3 June, 1904; joined the 2nd Battn. at Malta, 5 Aug. 1904; served in Crete during the insurrection and later on the International Tribunal there; and in Belfast 1907 during riots; promoted Lieut. 26 Sept. 1908; passed first “distinction” in musketry and over 95 per cent. in machine gunnery courses at Hythe, 25 Sept. 1909; appointed Adjutant 18 Dec. 1911; took Brevet Certificate, and was accepted for Royal Flying Corps, 9 April, 1914; specially commended for work of mobilisation, Aug. 1914; left for France as Senior Lieut. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn., with 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, 12 Aug. 1914, became acting Capt. after the death of Capt. Jemmet Browne, 12 Sept., and was killed in action 14 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne; _unm._ The 2nd Royal Sussex were in reserve at Mons, and formed part of the rearguard during the retirement from that place, and then became the vanguard of the 1st Army, when the Germans turned, before the Battle of the Marne. Major-Gen. E. H. Bulfin wrote: “I ordered the Sussex to pass on and seize the ridges north of the village of Priez.... 10 Sept., for the good work done that day I sent in Pelham’s name for recognition. 14 Sept. Pelham with a handful of men of the Sussex held on to the Chemin des Dames, and it was here that he lost his life, working the machine guns, and he died one of the most brave and gallant gentleman it has ever been my honour to know. A fine capable officer who put his duty before everything, and by his self-sacrificing devotion set a splendid example to us all. By his death the Regt. has suffered a terrible loss and the Army has lost a most capable officer, who would have gone far in his profession.” His commanding officer. Major E. V. B. Green, wrote: “Your son died a soldier’s death in the forefront of the fighting on the 14th. I have sent you in a separate package a testament which was found on him, and I am sorry that there is nothing more to send. We have lost a much-loved comrade who we all felt had a promising career before him, in fact, perhaps I cannot do better than quote to you the words in which his name has gone forward for mention in despatches. ‘Lieut. and Adjutant the Hon. H. L. Pelham. I saw this officer two or three times under heavy fire conveying orders and encouraging the troops. He was killed in an advanced position, assisting with the machine guns, several of the detachment having been knocked out. In him the Army have lost a most promising officer. His work during mobilisation and during the campaign has been deserving of the highest praise.’” and again later: “I wish I could give you further details regarding your son, but the circumstances of the battle on the 14th, the first day of the Aisne, were such that we were not able to hold to the foremost ground to which we got that day, and indeed although we have been here a month to-day, we have never got back on the actual ground on which your son was killed. I am being perfectly honest with you, as I judge you wish me to be. We know where your son fell, in the forefront of the battle, but we do not know as yet where he lies. The Germans, doubtless, have buried him, and when we move forward we shall, I hope, be able to give you fuller particulars. I am very pleased to be able to tell you that I have heard to-day that the President of the French Republic has awarded your son the Legion of Honour. For this he was recommended previous to his death. It will be, I am sure, a solace to you to know that his worth has received this recognition. Like many of his forbears, he has given his life for his country, and has not lived in vain.... No! It was not at Moulines. The action was fought between a place called Vendresse and Cerney, and your son was killed just on the edge of the latter place. He was with Mr. Dashwood in a farmhouse with the machine guns when the building was destroyed by a shell.... Mr. Dashwood tells me that his death was instantaneous, and that he was struck by a piece of shell and was thus saved from suffering.” He was awarded the Croix de Chevalier of the Legion of Honour “for conspicuous gallantry in the field between 23 Aug. and 31 Aug.”

=PELLETT, GEORGE ALBERT VICTOR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10403 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=LEIGH-PEMBERTON, THOMAS EDWARD GEOFFREY=, Lieut., 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Wilfred Leigh-Pemberton, of Wrinsted Court, Sittingbourne, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Alice Augusta, dau. of the late Capt. David Rolland Erskine, 92nd Highlanders [2nd _s._ of Sir David Erskine, of Cambo, 1st Bart.], and grandson of Sir Edward Leigh-Pemberton, of Torry Hill and Wrinsted, co. Kent, K.C.B.; _b._ Wrinsted Court aforesaid, 15 Nov. 1893; educ. Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was in the O.T.C.; was, at the outbreak of war, learning business with the firm of Antony Gibbs & Sons; appointed 2nd Lieut. in the Kensingtons, 12 May, 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Sept. following; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug.; went to France at the beginning of Nov., and was killed in action near Laventie, 11 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Estaires. His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. F. G. Lewis, wrote: “I feel I must write and tell you how all my officers will mourn his loss most deeply. His capacity and his popularity made everybody like him; he was a real good fellow in every way, and he has made a gap which we can never quite fill. I am sorrier than I can say”; and Major-Gen. Sir A. Turner: “He was a most excellent and conscientious young officer, and a great loss to his battn., in which he was a great favourite.” Capt. Thompson also wrote: “He was a really good officer, always cheerful, and of the very greatest assistance to me in the trying work of the trenches. The battn. has lost a good officer and all the officers a valued friend”; and Sergt. Stiles: “Lieut. Leigh-Pemberton was very much liked and respected by every man he came in touch with. One of our bravest officers; he considered his men; in fact, he used to take four hours duty whilst his sergeant slept, and the sergeant used to take two hours’ duty whilst he (the Lieut.) slept. He would at any time carry the pack of any man who was knocked up. I’m sure any of our men would have followed him through fire and water. His death was a great shock to the whole battn.” He was fond of sports of all kinds and hunted a small pack of harriers of his own.

=PENDALL, WILLIAM ALBERT=, Private, No. 13657, 13th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Albert Pendall (now serving in France as a Gunner with the R.G.A.), by his wife, Mary Jane (14, Usk Road, York Road, Battersea), dau. of Henry Brown; _b._ Wandsworth Common, 8 Dec. 1898; educ. St. John’s Schools, Battersea; was a Butcher; enlisted, 17 April, 1915; went to France, 4 Oct. 1915, and was killed in action there, 9 Dec. 1915; _unm._

=PENDER, JAMES (HAMISH) GRANGER GEILS=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd. attd. 2nd Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, eldest _s._ of Major James Pender, of Ardnoe, St. Catherine’s, co. Argyle, 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, by his wife, Janet Helen Maude, dau. of the late Thomas Geils, of Geilston and Ardmore, Dumbartonshire; _b._ St. Catherine’s, 19 July, 1892; educ. Larchfield Academy, Helensburgh; Edinburgh Academy, and Edinburgh University; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Gordon Highlanders, 17 Oct. 1914; went to France, 13 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle between 11–13 March, 1915; _unm._ A brother officer wrote: “He was shot through the head on the morning of the 11th trying to urge his men to keep their heads down and take cover, and his death was instantaneous. He died for his country and no mistake, and long will we all remember his cheery face”; and another: “He died thinking only of his men’s safety and not of his own, and was one of the most gallant among many gallant officers who died that day. As we were being enfiladed the men were in a very dangerous position, he shouted to them to get right in, as they could not hear, he stood up and signalled to them. He was shot through the head.”

=PENFOLD, GEORGE HENRY=, Acting Chief Petty Officer, 164841, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=PENGELLEY, HAROLD=, Private, No. 9707, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt., _s._ of Samuel Pengelley, of 2, York Road, Uxbridge; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 6 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action.

=PENMAN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10614, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Falkirk, enlisted 8 Sept. 1914, aged 24; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915.

=PENN, ALFRED EDWARD=, A.B., R.N.R., 2453A, 3rd _s._ of Stephen Penn (died 1 March, 1912), by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._ Deal, 17 Sept. 1891; lost with his brother on H.M.S. Cressy, 22 Sept. 1914: _unm._

=PENN, JOSEPH LIVELY=, Private, No. 2879, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 5th _s._ of William John Penn, of Leamington Spa, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Patrick Lively of Liverpool; _b._ Leamington Spa, 23 Feb. 1882; educ. there; enlisted in the Coldstreams in Aug. 1899; served for a short period in the South African War, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from early in Sept. to 29 Oct. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action at Ypres. He _m._ 1906, Anne, dau. of William Oldham, of Sheffield, and had two sons: Joseph, _b._ 1 June, 1907, and Ernest, _b._ 1 Sept. 1910.

=PENN, LEWIS SYDNEY=, A.B., R.N.R., 2451A, 2nd _s._ of Stephen Penn (died 1 March, 1912), by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._ Deal, 1 July, 1889; was serving with his two brothers on board H.M.S. Cressy when that vessel was torpedoed by submarines off the coast of Holland, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ The elder brother, Hubert, was saved after being two hours in the water.

=DOUGLAS-PENNANT, HON. CHARLES=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Sholto Gordon, 2nd Lord Penrhyn, and yr. _s._ by his 2nd wife, Gertrude Jessie (37, Lennox Gardens, S.W.), yst. dau. of the Rev. Henry Glynne, Rector of Hawarden; _b._ at Wicken, Northants, 7 Oct. 1877; educ. Evelyn’s, Eton, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Coldstream Guards, 8 Sept. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 5 Feb. 1899; served in South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State, including actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River (5–6 May) and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May-June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11–12 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.), operations in Orange River Colony, Nov. 1900, and in Cape Colony, Nov. 1900 to 31 May, 1902 (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 26 Jan. 1900, and 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with six clasps, King’s medal with two clasps); was A.D.C. to Major-Gen., 8th Division, 3rd Army Corps, and to Major-Gen. 8th Division, Irish Command (Sir Reginald Pole-Carew), 9 Nov. 1903 to 1905; retired and joined the Reserve of Officers, 22 Feb. 1905; rejoined his regt. on the outbreak of war; went to France, 11 Sept. 1914; was reported missing after the fighting near Gheluvelt, 29 Oct. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action there that day. He _m._ at St. Michael’s, Chester Square, 28 Jan. 1905, Lady Edith Anne, née Dawson (Soham House, Newmarket), dau. of Vesey, 2nd Earl of Dartrey. His elder brother, Capt. the Hon. G. H. Douglas-Pennant was killed in action, 11 March, 1915, and his nephew, Lieut. the Hon. A. G. S. Douglas-Pennant, Grenadier Guards, was reported wounded and missing, 29 Oct. 1914.

=DOUGLAS-PENNANT, THE HON. GEORGE HENRY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Grenadier Guards, 2nd _s._ of George Sholto Gordon, 2nd Lord Penrhyn, and elder _s._ by his 2nd wife, Gertrude Jessie (37, Lennox Gardens, S.W.), yst. dau. of the Rev. Henry Glynne, Rector of Hawarden; _b._ Torquay, 26 Aug. 1876; educ. Evelyn’s and Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Grenadier Guards, from the Militia, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 12 July, 1899, and Capt. 1905; served in the South African War, 1900–2; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, April-May, 1900; operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Biddulphsberg and Wittebergen (1–29 July); operations in the Transvaal, Feb.–March, 1901, also those in Orange River Colony, Dec. 1900 to Feb. 1901, and March, 1901 to 31 May, 1902, when he was employed as Signalling Officer (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); was A.D.C. to Lieut.-Gen. Sir Leslie Rundle, Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, 1903–7, and in 1908 joined the Reserve of Officers. On the outbreak of the European War he was north of Gilgit, N. Kashmir, but at once returned to England, rejoined his old regt. in Sept., went to France in Nov., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915, while leading the King’s Coy., Grenadier Guards, into action; _unm._ Buried there. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915 [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915]. He took great interest in fox hunting, salmon fishing and big game hunting, and had travelled in East Africa, the Soudan, India, Turkistan, Persia, Canada, Alaska, etc. He left his collection of trophies, heads, skins, and specimens of game, to the National Museum, Wales, at Cardiff. His brother, Lieut. the Hon. Charles Douglas-Pennant, was killed in action, 29 Oct. 1914.

=PENNELLS, CHARLES PERCY=, Private, No. 85, 16th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in action, 27 May, 1915.

=PENNEY, JOHN EDWIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5060), 213157, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PENNY, HENRY=, Private, No. 7528, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action 22 Jan. 1915; _m._

=PENNY, WILLIAM=, Chief Signal Boatswain, R.N., 2nd _s._ of James Penny, by his wife, Christina, dau. of (--) Gunn; _b._ Benares, Bengal, 11 June, 1864; entered the Royal Navy, 26 Aug. 1879, as a boy in H.M.S. Resistance; was drafted to the Impregnable, 30 Aug. 1879, and then to the Inconstant, in which ship he escorted the King, when Prince George, round the world. He served in the Egyptian Campaign, 1882, for which he received the medal and clasp. He also served in the following ships: Duke of Wellington, Victor Emanuel, St. Vincent, Northumberland, Active, Victory and Royal Oak, and was promoted Signal Boatswain, 8 July, 1896. He afterwards served in the Ramillies under Admiral Hopkins until July, 1899; when he was appointed to the Vivid for the Signal School until 1903, then to the Revenge, flagship of Admiral Wilson, with whose staff he transferred to the Exmouth until 1907, when he was appointed to the Victory for Signal School 1907–1910. He was promoted Chief Signal Boatswain, 4 June 1909, and served in H.M.S. Prince of Wales, under Admiral Jellicoe, 1910 to 1911. On the outbreak of the European War in 1914 he was appointed to the Good Hope, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock, C.B., M.V.O., and was killed in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at St. John’s, Bognor, 26 Aug. 1893, Elizabeth Jane (Argyll Road, Bognor), eldest dau. of William Smith, late Chief Officer of Coastguards, and had two children: Gertrude Ethel, _b._ 14 June, 1896, and Dorothy Marguerite, _b._ 15 Jan. 1909.