Henry Peck
British Army officer
About Henry Peck
Lived 1874 – 1965 (aged 90–91).
Major-General Henry Richardson Peck (17 October 1874 – 3 June 1965) was a British Army officer.
Military career Peck was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 15 March 1895.
He was promoted to major on 20 April 1911.
He served in the Gallipoli campaign in the First World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. On 4 August 1917 he became commander, Royal Artillery (CRA) of a division and was granted the temporary rank of brigadier general while employed in this role.
He was promoted to substantive colonel on 20 April 1920. He went on to be commander, Royal Artillery (CRA) of the 2nd Infantry Division in December 1923, was promoted to major general, and then made General Officer Commanding 44th (Home Counties) Division in January 1929 before retiring from the army on 15 July 1933.
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Who was Henry Peck?
British Army officer
When was Henry Peck born?
Henry Peck was born in 1874 in Templecombe.
When did Henry Peck die?
Henry Peck died on 3 June 1965 in Chelsea.
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