Frederick George Pegg

A Corporal with the 7th Battalion, Frederick died on 27th of March 1918 at the age of 31. 

Frederick was born at Aylsham on 20 November 1886, a son of Alfred Charles and Clara Sophia Pegg. He was baptised at Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Aylsham, on 14 February 1887. His family lived at Hangate Street, Aylsham. In 1901 Frederick worked as an errand boy. In 1911 Frederick lived with his brother Ernest at 24 Carlton Road, Lowestoft, and worked with his brother as a tailor’s assistant. 

Frederick volunteered and enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft in 1914. He joined the Suffolk Regiment, service number 12967. He was posted to the 8th Battalion in France on 29 December 1915 and by February 1917 was serving with C Company. Frederick received an accidental gunshot wound to his left leg and thigh and was admitted to 18 General Hospital on 19 February 1917. The next day he was evacuated to England by hospital ship. The 8th Battalion was disbanded in France on 7 February 1918 and it seems that this is when Frederick was posted to the 7th Battalion and he joined IV Platoon, A Company.

On 26 March 1918 the 7th Battalion were given the task of protecting the approaches to the town of Albert against the German advance. A Company were to defend the railway cutting area with positions covering the Albert-Millencourt Road and the Albert-Amiens Road. In the next two days the Battalion held the defences but suffered 244 casualties. Frederick was reported missing and later presumed to have been killed in action on 26 to 27 March 1918.