Peacock Dennis Ivan Pte 6020701

Personnel Entry

Pte D I Peacock's CWGC headstone.

Name Peacock Dennis Ivan
Army number 6020701
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Essex 1916/17 - exact date not yet known.
Age 27
Unit Essex Regiment, no enlistment date, Book 358/21/71. Served Normandy. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 20/7/1944, posted 10th Bn DLI. KILLED in ACTION with 10th Bn DLI 29/7/1944. (DLI Enlistment Book gives date of death at 12/8/1944).
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 20/7/1944.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 29-Jul-44.
Home address Resident of Essex. Son of Ernest and Lily Peacock, husband of Alice Charlotte Peacock, Harold Park, Romford, Essex. Buried Grave IX. B. 8. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.
Source table 10DLI