Back to Album contains material relating to the death of Captain R G Peek, 9L in Ireland in 1921, with 8 photographs and ewspaper cuttings.
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Roscommon messenger . 26.3 The Scramogue Ambush . Captain Peek's Funeral . Further Details . The " Independent " says - The officer killed in the Strokestown ambush was Captain O Grenville Peek , not Captain Sir Wilfred Peek , Bart , DSO ( Lord Midleton's nephew ) , as at first reported . The name of the other officer dead is given as Lieut Tennant . A military 1uiry at Athlone found that Driver John Keenan , RASO , the third victim , was wilfully murdered by some person or persons unknown , and that from the appearance of his wounds and the wounds of other soldiers , explosive or dum - dum bullets were used . One of the wounded soldiers described how , at 7 am , at a bend in the Longford road , two miles irom Strokestown , the Orown forces , travelling in a Crossley car , were fired upon from a house near by . The driver was hit and shut off his engine , the car stopping shortly after . Witness and others got out on the road . He was busy firing his gun and did not see much more . He was wounded in the arm and face . Shortly afterwards witness heard voices ordering the RIO constables into the house . The men then came out and burned the car . They took away the rifles and kits . A RAMO dootor said Driver Keenan had a large gaping wound in the abdomen . CAPTAIN PEEK'S FUNERAL . The remains of Captain Peek and Lieutenant Tennant , both of the 9th Lancers , were removed from the Upper Military Barracks , Longford , in the afternoon of Good Friday , and conveyed to St John's Church , where a Memorial Service , conducted by the Rector , Rev Mr Justios , took place in the pre sence of a large congregation . The coffins were draped with Union Jacks , and the funeral after wards to the railway station was one of the most impressive spectacles witnessed in Longford for a long time . All the houses in the town were closed . The band of the 9th Lancers headed the procession . The officers of the regiment followed the tenders on which were the remains . Next came the cavalry , a detachment of the Auxiliary Police , a large body of Royal Irish Constabulary , under command of Co Inspector Richardson and District Inspector Hawkins , and a strong party of the Comrades of the Great War , and large numbers of the townspeople . The remains were taken by the 7 30 pm train to Dublin , and from thence to England . CAPTAIN PEEK'S SERVICE IN THE ARMY had almost expired , and , it is said , that he had made arrangements for a trip round the world . He was very popular in Strokestown while on detach ment duty , and the inhabitants were much dis tressed on hearing of his death . Lieut Tennant had only reached his 22nd year . Ho was well known in Longford , and was highly esteemed , espe cially in sporting oiroles , where he made a host of friends . He took a great interest in coursing , and was a member and supporter of all the clubs in and around Longford . It is stated that the house from which the attack on military and police was made at Scramogue has been destroyed . All busi ness houses in Strokestown have been closed by order of the authorities . ・ Touthe 6.4 Captain Roger Peek , 9th Lancers , who was killed the other day in Ireland , was the younger son of the late Sir Cuthbert Peek , of Rousdon , and grandson of the late Lord Midleton . He was educated at Eton , and entered the Army in 1910. He went to France with the Expedi tionary Force in 1914 , but had the ill - luck to be taken prisoner early in the war . After he had obtained his release , he became A.D.C. to Sir William Robertson in 1918. He was married two years ago to the elder daughter of the late Lord Basing , and had since lived in Devonshire , at Loddiswell , near Kingsbridge , where he was buried last Tuesday . . Wertem Morning , News CAPT . GRENVILLE PEEK DEVON OFFICER KILLED IN IRISH AMBUSH . Capt . R. Grenville Peek , 9th Lancers , who was killed in an ambush near Strokestown , county Roscommon , Ireland , on Wednesday , was the younger son of the Dowager Lady Peek , of Widworthy Court , Honiton , and brother of Sir Wilfrid Peek , of Rousdon . He served in the European War , but was captured in the early stages , and remained a prisoner nearly to the end of hostilities , being one of the invalid officers allowed to reside in Switzerland during the later stages of the conflict . The deceased in 1919 married the Hon . Joan Penelope Sclater - Booth , daughter of Baron Basing , and resided at Hazlewood , Loddis well . He leaves two children , one only about three months old . The body is to be brought home from Ireland , and the burial will take place at Loddiswell on Tuesday . At Seaton , where the deceased was known from childhood , the greatest sympathy is felt with the family . Pall Mall FIFTY IRISH 23. 3 CASUALTIES . FIERCE FIGHTING IN MANY AMBUSHES , LANCERS TRAPPED , OFFICER KILLED AND REST WOUNDED . To - day's reports from Ireland record at least three serious ambushes , followed by Severe fighting and relatively heavy casualties . Precise details are not available , but the casualties as yet shown are : CROWN FORCES . Killed Wounded SINN FEINERS . Killed Wounded 2 10 15 20 This morning , about nine o'clock , says the Central News , a party of the 9th Lancers , while proceeding from Stokestown to Longford for rations , were ambushed by a party estimated at 200 strong . The strength of the military party is not known , but it is authoritatively reported that Captain Peak was killed , Lieutenant Tenant seriously wounded , and all the others wounded . The attackers got away with arms and ammunition . Pullman 29.3 . ROUSDON . CAPTAIN ROGER GREN VILLE PEEK SHOT BY REBELS IN IRISH AMBUSH . A tragic note , as a result of the terrible sitnation in Ireland , with its attendant turmoil and bloodshed , was struck in Fast Devon ( writes oar district iepre sentative ) on Thursday , when the painful tidings came to hand that Captain Roger Grenville Peek , 9th Lancers , had fallen a victim to a rebel bullet in County Roscommon on the previous day , following upon a party of his regiment being ambushed . to The late Captain Peek was the younger son of the late Sir Cuthbert Feek , Bart . , of Rousdon , and the Hon . Lady Peek , and was the only brother of Sir Wilfrid Peek , D.S.O. , of Rousdon , and a nephew of Lord Middleton . He was born at Wimbledon House on September 6th , 1888 , and educated at Eton . He . entered the 9th Lancers , through the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry , in 1910 , and was for a short time attached the Royal Scots Greys before joining his Regiment in Sonth Africa . He went to France with the Expeditionary Force in August , 1914 , and took art in the Retreat from Mons , being rendere unconscious and take prisoner in the charge of the Sth Lancers on August 21th . He was in Germany till December , 1916 , when he was released to Swit erland . Cn his return home in 1917 he was appointed A.D.C. to Ma or General Wigram , and afterward to Field Marshal Sir William Robert son , G.C. B. , with whom he went with the Army of Occupation to Cologne . He rejoined his reziment at Tidworth , in February , 1920 , and went with it to Strokestown . Co. Roscommon , in Jure of that year , He was k lled in an ambush between Strokestown and Longford on the morning of March 23rd . To his widowed mother the heartfelt sympathy of a host of friends is extended in the great sorrow that has visited her . At no place is this feeling more poignant than at Rousdon and Combpyne , where , while her ladyship was in residence at Rousdon Mansion , she accomplished an unto d amount of good work for the well - being of people around her . Unbounded was her generosity and innumerable her acts of kindness . Of a genial and unassuming disposition , be was extremely popular amongst all c a ses in East Devon . A keen sportsman and a fine horseman , he frequently , when on a visiè to Rousdon , was seen in the hunting field . For some ti re he acted in the capacity of whip to the Axe Vale Harriers . In those good old days he was oft - times accompanied by two of his sisters , who were regular followers of the pack . His marriage in January , 1919 , to the Hon . Joan Sclater Booth , daughter of the second Baron Basing , was a notab.e ociet , event . There are two children of the union , the younger of whom was baptised at Rousden Church in Febr ary last . They are William Grenville , born 1920 , and Roger .John , born 1921 . As a token of respect for the deceased officer , the meet of the Axe Vale Harriers , which was to take place at Couchill Common , eaton , on Saturday , was postponed . Taber He is being accorded a full military funeral at Loddiswell , the l'arish Church of his place Hazel wood , So.th Devon , to - day ( Tuesday ) at 12.15 p.m. ROUSDON . A MEMORIAL SERVICE for the late Capt . R. G Peek , killed on Wednesday , in Ireland , will be held at Roisdon Church to day ( Tuesday ) , the Rector ( the Rev. R. Spurwell ) officiating . with News 28. 3 Roscommon Incidents . Following the ambush at Scramogne , Co. Roscommon , when Capt . Sir William Peak , Lieut . Tennant , and the driver of the motor car were shot down , all business establishments in Strokestown , two miles from the scene of the ambush , where the Lancers were stationed . have been closed by order of the authorities . The house from which it is supposed the attack took place has been destroyed by the Crown forces . |
