George Arthur Peto

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Grave/Memorial:  		Peto, George A

1893, Woking, Surrey

James and Clara (née Viner)

34th Reserve Battery, Royal Field Artillery

62922

Acting Bombardier

9 November 1918, age 25

Brookwood Cemetery: Y 182206 (plot 44 E32) 		      

Biography:
George Arthur Peto was born in 1893 at Knaphill, Woking, Surrey. He was the son and third child of James, an attendant at Brookwood Hospital, and
Clara Jane (née Viner). He had three brothers and two sisters.

After leaving school, George worked as a butcher. In October 1910, giving his age as 18 years and 3 months (he’d added a year), he joined the Army. He
stood 5 feet 7¾ inches tall and weighed 147 pounds; his complexion was described as ‘fresh’, he had black hair and brown eyes.

George was assigned to the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) as a gunner. After two and a half years serving at home, in February 1913, George was posted to
India. In September 1914, he left India and arrived in France, where he served with 9 Brigade RFA until May 1915. He was appointed acting bombardier
in 1st May 1915.

In May 1916, George was discharged under King's Regulation 392 (xvi) “No longer physically fit for war service” and entered the Reserve.

George Arthur Peto died on 9 November 1918. He is buried within plot 44 of Brookwood Cemetery (grave E32, Y 182206).

George's brother, Ernest Edwin Peto is also commemorated on the St John's memorial.

      

George Arthur Peto is also commemorated on
the memorial tablet within Knaphill Holy Trinity
Church.

 Brookwood Cemetery (The London Necropolis) was established in 1851, and covers 500 acres. It belonged to the London
Necropolis Company, but is now controlled by Woking Council. Brookwood Military Cemetery lies adjacent to it.

The war graves in the civilian cemetery are scattered, except for the small Nurses' plot, on St. Peter's Avenue, in the
Westminster ground (mainly from Millbank Hospital), and the Indian plot in the North-West corner.

There are 141 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war here, 1 being an unidentified Indian soldier. There are a further 51
Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war. There are also 5 Foreign National war burials in CWGC care here.