Thom's Irish Who's Who/Peacocke, Colonel William

PEACOCKE, Colonel William, C.M.G. (1888), B.A. (T.C.D.). late R.E. Educ: Trinity College, Dublin; served Afghan War, 1878-79 (despatches, medal): with Afghan Boundary Commission, 1885-87; North West Frontier, India, 1898; served with Buner Field Force as commanding R.E. (despatches, medal with two clasps), 1898; D.Q.M.G. in India, 1898-1902; in Transvaal 1902-03. Son of William Peacocke M.D., of Kingstown, Co. Dublin; b. 1848. Res.: 17 Vesey Place, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Club: United Service, London.