BRITISH WAR MEDAL TO 2ND LIEUTENANT WILLIAM JOHN PEGG-ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT-KILLED BY A LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT -LIVED AT OVERSTRAND-NORFOLK

British War Medal, named to:
2.LIEUT.W.J.PEGG.
Medal very fin e or better.
William John Pegg,2nd Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment was killed in an accident on 18th March, 1919.The Son of D.W.and Ellen Pegg, of Overstrand
Norfolk.He is buried at Overstrand (Saint.Martin) Churchyard and Extension.
Born at Hackford, Norfolk.
Listed on the 1911 census as a Coal Merchants Clerk.
Served as acting Sergeant 4716 Royal Pay Corps before being commissioned into The Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
The Imperial War Museum's Lives Of The great War state that: On the 11th March,1919,While convalescing from wounds received at La Bassee, William Pegg was out in a trap with another man when they were hit by the wheels of a swooping plane, a terrible accident.
Address given on M.I.C , as Mrs D.W. Pegg, (Mother) Overstrand Old Hall, Cromer, Norfolk.

Code: 54284