Malcolm Peake

Malcolm Peake was the third son of Frederick Peake, of Burrough, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. He was commissioned in the Royal Artillery on 9 December 1884. His early career was dominated by employment with the Egyptian Army (July 1895–July1905), during which he served on the Dongola Expedition (1896), commanded a battery of Egyptian Artillery, took part in the battles of Atbara and Khartoum (1898) and in operations against Khalifa (1899).

When the war broke out he was Assistant Adjutant General at the War Office, a post he had held since May 1914 and which he was to retain until April 1916. He went to the Western Front as CRA 29th Division on 22 April 1916, commanding its guns during the Somme offensive. He was promoted BGRA I Corps on 19 December 1916.

Brigadier-General Peake was killed by an enemy shell while reconnoitring on Hill 70 [near Loos] on 27 August 1917. He was the thirty-ninth British general to be killed in action or die of wounds. He is buried in Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery and Extension, France.