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William Herbert Peak, OBE
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): William Herbert Peak O.B.E. (2) (5) (9)
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 27/10/1879 at Chorlton, Lancashire. (6) (4)
Date and Place of Death: 19/10/1945 at Kingston – on -Thames (5)
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood:
He was the fourth of six children , his siblings were:
Samuel Henry born 1871,
Florence Mabel born 1873,
Amy Gertrude born 1875
Alfred Ernest born 1881
Frederick Norman born 1888
All born in Chorlton, Lancashire (4)
He was educated in Manchester.…
Marjorie Beryl Pearse
Information supplied through Research Project led by Nigel Crompton.
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Marjorie Beryl Pearse
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 3rd August 1888, Flitwick, Bedfordshire
Date and Place of Death: 1978, Bromley
Nationality: British
Childhood: She had five siblings.…
Charles Pearson
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Charles Pearson
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 21st March 1884, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
Date and Place of Death: 31st March 1962, Galashiels, Scotland
Nationality: Scottish
Childhood: N/K
Parents: Thomas and Mary Jane nee Henderson
Parent’s occupations: Shoemaker
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Police constable
Place of residence at Gretna: Eastriggs Police Barracks
Job title at Gretna: Police constable
Marital status: Married Agnes Gray.…
Edward Ernest Pearson
EDWARD ERNEST PEARSON
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 10 May 1874 Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire
Date and Place of Death 19th November 1925. Hertfordshire
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood: Edward grew up in Yorkshire. Census entries show the family living in Bradford before moving to Hertfordshire. In Hertfordshire the family lived on the Brickendonbury Estate.
http://www.brickendonbury.co.uk/view-gallery/site-pictures-3/
Parents:
George Pearson (1834-1899) + Sarah Weetman Dickinson (1836-1911)
Parent’s occupation: George was a builder contractor working for the family firm of S.Pearsons + Sons which had been started by his grandfather Samuel Pearson.…
James Pearson
‘Sheriff Campion and a jury held a public inquiry on Friday into the death of James Pearson, fitter’s labourer, 1 George Street, Annan, which occurred as the result of injuries sustained in an accident in the Dornock section of the Gretna Factory on the 18th October. The evidence showed that Pearson, who was 56 years of age and belonged to Edinburgh, fell from an iron beam on which he was walking fourteen feet high and fractured his skull, which caused his death the following day.…
Thomas Pearson
THOMAS PEARSON
Date and place of birth : 1867 Burnt Leys Farm, Worksop, Derbyshire
Date and place of death : 25 November 1918, Middlesborough, Durham
Nationality: British
Biography: Grew up with three siblings, two brothers and a sister.
Parents:
Charles Pearson married Ann Mitchell 16 December 1862, Cuckney, Nottinghamshire
Parents occupation : Charles was a Farm Labourer
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance – Nil Known
Place of residence at Gretna: Hut 4, Butterdales, Dornock
Marital status: Married in 1894 to Elizabeth Ball
Children:
Thomas and Elizabeth had 7 children.…
Arthur Aquila Peasgood
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Arthur Aquila Peasgood
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 1st September 1881, Langtoft, Lincolnshire
Date and Place of Death: Q3 1962, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Nationality: British
Childhood: One of 2 children
Parents: John and Elizabeth nee Dalby
Parents occupations: Grocer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Joiner
Place of residence at Gretna:Not known
Marital status: Married
Children: At least 1
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Positions held: N/K
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Arthur Aquila Peasgood 1881-1962
Arthur Aquila Peasgood was born at Langtoft, Lincolnshire on 1st September 1881 to John and Elizabeth nee Dalby
1891- Father a grocer, living at Langtoft.…
Juanita Elsie Pentelow
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Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Juanita Elsie Pentelow
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 5 March 1881 Brambling, Kent
Date and Place of Death: 27 March 1954 Banbury Oxfordshire
Nationality: British
Childhood: N/K
Parents: N/K
Parent’s occupations: N/K
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Member of the Women’s Police Service at Gretna.…
Alice May Pepper
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Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Alice May Pepper
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 2 January 1896, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Date and Place of Death: 1949, Bromley, Kent
Nationality: British
Childhood: 2 siblings.…
Ernest Pepper
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Ernest Pepper
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 8th February 1885, Little Langdale, Westmorland.
Date and Place of Death: 22nd January 1964, Kirby Lonsdale, Westmorland
Nationality: British
Childhood: 1 of 10 born, 8 surviving
Parents: Joseph Greenop Pepper and Elizabeth nee Tyson
Parent’s occupations: Slate miner
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Joiner
Place of residence at Gretna: 5N West, Gretna
Job title at Gretna: Joiner
Marital status: Married Susannah Mounsey
Children: At least 1
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Trivia / any other information:
Ernest pepper was born on 8th February at ‘The Bield’, Little Langdale, Westmorland, to Joseph Greenop Pepper and Elizabeth nee Tyson.…
Avary Percival
Appeared in Dumfries and Galloway Standard; Nov. 21, 1917, under the heading Munitions Tribunal, sub heading Alleged Gambling in
Working Hours.
Thomas Percival
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Thomas Percival
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 5th May 1894, Rockcliffe, Carlisle
Date and Place of Death: 26th October 1968, 62, Boroughgate, Appleby, Wesrmorland
Nationality: British
Disability: Discharged from army with flesh wound gunshot to right arm
Childhood: Little known
Parents: William Irving Percival and Hannah nee Thornburn
Parents occupations: Salmon net fisherman
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Asylum assistant then policeman
Place of residence at Gretna:Not known
Marital status: Married
Children: At least 1 son
Travels: N/K
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Thomas Percival 1894-1921
Thomas Percival was born at Rockcliffe, near Carlisle, Cumberland on 5th May 1894 to William Irving Percival and Hannah nee Thornburn
1901-living at Group Head Cottage ,Rockcliffe ,father a salmon net fisherman
1911 Thomas a “servant cattleman” lodging at Town Head, Rockcliffe ( farm)
10th December 1915 described as asylum assistant on his attestation
Served in France 1916/1917.…
George Gerad Perkins
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): George Gerard Perkins.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: Burslem 1868 Q1
Date and Place of Death: 09/03/1927 Crossens, Southport
Nationality: British
Childhood: N/K
Parents: Charles and Eliza Perkins
Parent’s occupations: Wine and Spirit Merchant
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Hotel waiter in 1911 in Southport
Place of residence at Gretna: C3 Eastriggs
Job title at Gretna: N/K
Marital status: Married Margaret Snape 20th October 1904 at St Mary’s Church, Worcester.…
William Edward Perriment
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): William Edward Perriment
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 2nd April 1890, Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India
Date and Place of Death: September 1964, Southampton
Nationality: British
Childhood: 2nd of at least 6 children
Parents: Thomas Charles and Rebecca Elizabeth nee Perriment
Parent’s occupations: Military band musician the labourer in starch yard
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: A grocer’s assistant.…
Evelyn May Perry
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) :
Evelyn May/Mary Perry
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 22nd February 1894, Dogmersfield, Hampshire
Date and Place of Death: 6th January 1976, Manor House Nursing Home, Gloucester
Nationality:English
Childhood
One of 5, only the girls survived.
Parents
Revd Roger Eustace Perry and Julia nee Leamon
Parents occupations
Anglican vicar
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance:
Godolphin School, Salisbury 1901 census Godolphin History | Godolphin School
Chelsea College 1902-04?…
Alexander Roy Henderson Phillips
ALEXANDER ROY HENDERSON PHILLIPS
“Roy”
Date and place of birth : 26 February 1893 in the Greenock District of Renfrewshire
Date and place of Death : N/K
Nationality: British
Biography: Roy was raised in Greenock with his siblings:
William (Jnr) Phillips 1885
Marion (Minnie) Findlay Phillips 1886
John Phillips 1886
Frederick Phillips 1897
Parents: William Phillips and Agnes Cunningham
Parents occupation: William was the Manager of a Preserves Factory
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance – Not known
Place of residence at Gretna: Not Known
Marital status:
Roy Phillips married Winifred Agnes Gow 1923 in Greenock West District of Renfrewshire
Children: No known children
Job title at Gretna : Not known
After the war Roy managed a sugar refinery and travelled back and forth between China and England.…
John Richard Phillips
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : John Richard Phillips
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 26th December 1900, Carlisle
Date and Place of Death: 11th January 1955, Balham
Nationality: British
Childhood: Middle of 5
Parents: John Robley Phillips and Fanny Denny
Parents occupations: Cork merchant
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Electrical engineer
Place of residence at Gretna: Not known
Marital status: Married
Children: At least 3
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Positions held: N/K
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John Richard Phillips 1900-1955
John Richard Phillips was born on 26th December 1900 at Carlisle to John Robley Phillips and Fanny nee Denny.…
David Henry Phipps
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): David Henry Phipps
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 27th February 1876 Winsford, Cheshire
Date and Place of Death: 2nd January 1962 Dukinfield
Nationality: British
Childhood: N/K
Parents: Thomas and Mary Phipps
Parent’s occupations: Wagon Builder (father)
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Railway Carriage Builder
Place of residence at Gretna: 11 B East
Job title at Gretna: Joiner
Marital status: Married Fanny Elizabeth Lawley 12/06/1901 Wittan, Cheshire.…
