ERNEST KITCHENER PEACOCK
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 1916, at 8, Bentley Green, Suffolk. Suffolk.
Died: 1st/2nd June 1940; age: 24. During the Dunkirk evacuation
Residence: 26, Withipoll Street, Ipswich.
Rank: Lance Sergeant; Service Number: 5825757.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion.
Memorial Reference:
Column 45.
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of the late Frederick & Jane Peacock, of 122, Wherstead Road, Ipswich; husband of Alice Peacock, of 26, Withipoll Street, Ipswich.
Father: Frederick Peacock, born 1881, Hadleigh, Suffolk – died from wounds during the First World War, 13th September 1916, aged 36. Fred was ranked a Private, service number 3/10024 for the Suffolk Regiment, 9th Battalion. Fred is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Mother: Jane Peacock (nee Hynard), born April 1882, Long Melford, Suffolk.
CENSUS
1921 The Green, Bentley, Suffolk.
Ernest was 5 years and 1 month old. He attended School part-time and lived with his widowed mother and brothers.
Jane Peacock, 29 years & 2 months old, Home Duties.
Leslie Albert Peacocok, 18 years & 7 months old, a Farm Labourer for Mr. Turner, of Bentley Hall, Suffolk, born Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Victor Frederick Peacocok, 17 years & 2 months old, a Farm Labourer for Mr. Rae Foreman for Dodnash Priory, Bentley, born Hadleigh.
Charles George Peacocok, 15 years & 1 month old, a Farm Labourer for Mr. Rae Foreman for Dodnash Priory, Bentley, born Hadleigh.
In 1938, in Ipswich, Ernest married Alice Trivett, born April 1911, in Curdridge, Hampshire – daughter of Maud Emma Trivett, and stepdaughter of Robert William Abbott, a stockman on a farm, of Moss Farm, Worlingworth, Suffolk.
Alice Trivett’s uncle, BERT ARCHIBALD TRIVETT, of 40, Elliott Street, Ipswich, died on the 21st November 1918, as a result of the First World War.
1st Battalion
September 1939: On the outbreak of war, the Battalion was based in Devonport. It was part of the 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division.
October 1939: They went to France.
May/June 1940: The Battalion were evacuated from Dunkirk and returned to the UK.
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