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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Yahshine Paren Маша 24.3 . LANCERS IN AMBUSH . Another serious encounter is reported from Scramoge , Strokestown , co . Roscom mon . It appears that two military lorries in charge of Captain Peek , were conveying prisoners to Longford , and were attacked at cross roads which are flanked by a dense wood . It is surmised that the attack was directed from the wood on one side and from houses on the other . Captain Peek is said to have been a popu lar officer in County Roscommon , and that his tragic end is much deplored at Strokes town , where all the shops were shuttered as a mark of sympathy . According to the official report , the party consisted of Lancers and police , and num bered nine . About forty attackers fired point - blank as the car approached the bend , killing the officer and the military driver and wounding four others . attackers destroyed the car and took away two unwounded policemen . police captured two armed civilians . The The military Lunday 9-4 Much sympathy is felt for the widowed Lady Peek , who has just lost her younger son Captain Roger Peek , who was killed while on duty in Ireland . He was in the 9th Lancers , and a keen soldier . He served in the war , and was for some time a prisoner in Germany . His elder brother is Sir Cuthbert Peek , and on his mother's side he was a nephew of Lord . Midleton . Lady Peek married in the ' eighties , and her husband was wealthy , with a house and lands in Devonshire . She is clever , like all the Brodricks . She has a house in Chester Square , and her country home is Honiton . near Yousshine Post 24. 3 THE IRISH DEATH ROLL MOUNTING . BITTER CONFLICTS . OFFICER AND FOUR SOLDIERS KILLED IN AMBUSH . DESPERATE FARM FIGHT . cam far , re A Another heavy death - roll in Ireland has , un fortunately , to be recorded as a result of con flicts with the rebels and the paign of individual murder . So only brief a account has been ceived of the ambush of a party of military and police , at seven o'clock yesterday morning . at Scramoge , trokestown , Co. Roscommon . A captain was killed , one lieutenant , three soldiers , and one policeman were wounded , and three soldiers and to policemen are missing . local correspondent states that two military lorries , in charge of Capt . Peek , 9th Lancers , were conveying prisoners to Longford , when they were attacked at Scramoge . The captain and four soldiers were shot dead , and several others were wounded . The ambush was pre pared at cross roads flanked by dense wood , and it is surmised the attack was made from the wood on one side and from houses on the other side . Captain Peek was an extremely popular officer in County Roscommon , and his tragic end is much deplored at Strokestown , where all shops were shuttered as a mark of sympathy . Daily Telegraph 24.3 LANCERS AMBUSHED . CAPTAIN KILLED . at A party of military and police were ambushed seven o'clock yesterday morning at A Scramoge , Strokestown , co . Roscommon . lieutenant , three captain was killed , one soldiers , and one policeman were wounded , and three soldiers and two policemen are missing . The A local correspondent states that two mili tary lorries , in charge of Captain Peek , 9th Lancers , were carrying prisoners to Longford when they were attacked at Scramoge . captain and four soldiers were shot dead , and several others were wounded . The ambush was prepared at cross roads flanked by a dense wood , and it is surmised that the attack was made from the wood on one side and from houses on the other . Captain Peek was an ex tremely popular officer in co . Roscommon , and his tragic end is much deplored at Strokestown , where all shops were shuttered as a mark of sympathy . Westunder 23.4 9TH LANCERS AMBUSHED . RATION PARTY ATTACKED : CAPT . KILLED , ALL OTHERS WOUNDED . This morning , about nine o'clock , a party of the 9th Lancers , while proceeding from Stokes town to Longford for rations , were ambushed by a party estimated at 200 strong . seri The strength of the military party is not known , but it is authoritatively reported that Cap tain Peak was killed , Lieutenant Tenant ously wounded , and all the others wounded . The attackers got away with arms and ammunition . A CO . MAYO AMBUSH . from A police patrol was ambushed last night near Drummin , in the mountains eight miles Westport , Co. Mayo , in the direction of Clifden . Sergeant Coghlan was killed and two other officers wounded , one of them , named Maguire , being in a serictus condition . Large bodies of police are to - day making a thorough search of the district . Gentlewoman 7.4 A TRAGIC DEATH . Poor Captain Ronald Peek , one of the all - too - many to meet a tragic death in Ireland , had a number of Scottish relations and a host of friends and acquaint ances up and down the country , all of whom sincerely mourn his untimely death . He was a cousin of Lady Tweedmouth , of the Hon . Mrs. Scott ( wife of the Master of Polwarth ) and of the Hon . Lady Graham ( wife of Sir Ronald Graham , British Minister to the Netherlands ) . He was also a cousin of the Ear ! of Stair ; brother - in - law of Lieut . Frederick Dalrymple - Hamilton , R.N. , and a nephew of the Bishop of Glasgow and the Hon . Mrs. Campbell . He was only thirty - two and had served in the European war . Liverpool Post 24.3 . 9TH LANCERS AMBUSHED . POPULAR OFFICER AND FOUR TROOPERS KILLED . FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT . STROKESTOWN ( Roscommon ) , Wednesday , Consternation was caused in Strokestown , yesterday , when it was learned that an ambush had occurred at a place known as Scramogue , about two and a half miles from the town . Two military lorries , in charge of Captain Peek , 9th Lancers , were conveying prisoners to Longford when they were attacked . Captain Peek and four men of the 9th Lancers were shot dead , and several others wounded . ambush occurred at cross - roads . bordered on one side by a dense wood . It is surmised that the attack was made from the wood on one side and from houses on the other . Captain Peek was one of the most popular officers that ever wore uniform , and was looked upon in the light of a friend , not only in Strokestown , but all over the county . of Roscommon , wherein he was admired for an upright , gentleman . All Strokestown deplore his tragio death , and in sympathy all shop . were shuttered . There is immense excite The a ment all over the county , and everyone deplores this tragedy . Doule Herald 24.3 . Overwhelmed in Irish Ambush CAPTAIN KILLED Uncle Hears News in the House of Lords The cutting - up of a party of the 9th Lancers is the most sensational item of yesterday's Irish war news . The party , which comprised six Lancers and three police , was proceed ing in a motor - lorry yesterday from Strokestown to Longford for rations , when it fell into an ambush prepared by a Republican force whose number is put at 200 . It was Ioriginally reported that Cap tain Peak Lieutenant was killed . Tenant seriously wounded , but an offi cial account states that one officer and the driver of the car were killed , and four soldiers and one policeman wounded . Jar The attackers destroyed the car aud took away with them two policemen . Captain Peak , the DAILY HERALD learns , was a nephew of Lord Midle ton , who heard the news of his kins man's fate in the . House of Lords in the afternoon . Lord Midleton was the leader of the Southern Unionist critics of the Home Rule Act in the Lords last session . |
