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Photograph of Lieutenant Peter Gedge

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SubjectGedge, Peter
TitlePhotograph of Lieutenant Peter Gedge
NotesOn 6/8/1914 Peter's brother Joseph was killed on HMS Amphion. Peter postponed his plans to train for the priesthood and joined the Suffolk Regiment. Peter landed in France on 29/5/1915, was promoted Temporary Lieutenant on 10/6/1915, and was killed in action near Hulloch [Loos] on 13/10/1915.

Editor's Comment:
Staff Paymaster Joseph Theodore Gedge, Royal Navy, is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. H.M.S. Amphion was the first Royal Navy ship to be lost in the war, hitting a mine layed by the Königin Luise.

Lt. Peter Gedge, 7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment, is commemorated on the Loos memorial. He fell in the Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 13th October 1915, his battalion attacking as part of the 12th (Eastern) Division.
Item Date1915
Creation placeEngland
File typeImage
Item sourcePhotograph
Item mediumPhotographic paper
ContentPhotograph
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_2275_PGedge1891-1915.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameJohn Gedge
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/3918