Identity
Person No.
19849
Service No.
316
Last Name
First Name
Cyril John
Initials
C J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Field Artillery
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
The South African Permanent Force, created 1913, included the South African Field Artillery (SAFA) and South African Permanent Garrison Artillery (SAPGA) from the outset -- unlike most infantry regiments of the same era (which were Active Citizen Force), artillery began as a Regular/Permanent Force arm. Artillery Formation HQ reorganised April 1999 to include both regular regiments (4 Arty Regt, etc.) and reserve regiments.
Notes
Son of Samuel and Mildred Elizabeth Peacock, of Fairholme, Smith Street, Durban
Research notes
Gunners Association RoH lists them (World War 1 1914-1918 Gunner C.J. Peacock) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Gunners' Association of South Africa Roll of Honour
open source ↗
World War 1 1914-1918 Gunner C.J. Peacock
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #106 107 Gunner Private PEACOCK, Cyril John, age 19 19, Force No 316 2907, South African Field Artillery 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born 28/3/1898; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA.1914-1915; served with “B” Battery in the Middle East; killed in action, at Amwas, Palestine. Born Durban 24/9/1897; a clerk before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in Egypt & France; appointed sniper 18/12/1915; WIA at Delville Wood 16/7/1916; killed in the disastrous att… Buried/commemorated: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. (Also, on Durban Light Infantry; St Paul’s Anglican Church; St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Greyville & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.) Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux, Pas …
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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