Name
John Pryor Puxon Peregrine
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/07/1916
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
East Yorkshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 C.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 11 Feb 1895 in Kelvedon Hatch, Essex son of the Rev. Canon David Wilkie Peregrine and Constance Mary Peregrine of Branstonby-Belvoir, Grantham. Educated at Haileybury 1908-13 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Wartime Service
He entered France on 13 Apr 1916. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 Jul 1916 he was with “C” Coy 1st Bn. East Yorks in the assembly trenches between Fricourt and La Boiselle. Their first objective was the sunken Road between Fricourt and Contalmaison which they achieved. Lieutenant Peregrine was killed during this attack. His body was not recovered.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
