In Memory of
GEORGE ALBERT PECK
Rifleman
R/9915
12th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps
who died on
Tuesday 5 September 1916 . Age 23 .
Son of George A. and Elizabeth Peck, of 12, Peary Place, Green St.,
Bethnal Green, London.
Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUENSeine-Maritime, France
Grave or Reference Panel Number: B. 23. 3.
Location: St. Sever Cemetery and Extension is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf. Coming from Elbeuf/Caen on the N.138 follow Avenue Des Canadiens right down to the roundabout. Take fourth exit into Rue Stanislas De Jardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. If coming from station Rive Gauche, Gare St Sever, follow Quai D'Elbeuf, Quai Jean Moulin, Quai Cavelier De La Salle into Avenue Jan Rondeaux, Av. De La Liberation, Bd. Du 11 Novembre to the roundabout. Take first exit into Rue Stanislas De Jardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. St. Sever is part of Le Petit Quevilly. The first CWGC signpost is just when you get to the entrance of the cemetery.
During the 1914-18 war British camps and hospitals were placed on the Southern outskirts of the city; a Base Supply Depot and the 3rd Echelon of General Headquarters were established at Rouen. The Hospitals at Rouen remained there in almost all cases for practically the whole of the war. They included eight General, five Stationary, one British Red Cross and one Native Labour Hospitals and No. 2 Convalescent Depot. A number of the dead from these Hospitals were buried in other cemeteries, but the great majority were taken to St. Sever; and in September, 1916, it was found necessary to begin an Extension. There are 3,083 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war commemorated in this site, 2 of which are unidentified. There is 1 French Foreign National and 1 non world war burial here.
