Pease, Carol Montague Hill (Monty)

Age: 21
Date of birth: October 1895

Parents: Thomas and Mary Emma Pease (nee Hill)
Wife:
Address: 164 Hatfield Terrace, Emscote Road, Warwick

Occupation: Dental mechanic

In 1901, Monty’s family were living at 112 Emscote Road. According to the 1911 census, Mary had had 11 children, 4 of whom had died, and in 1901 only the youngest three, Isabel, Earnest and Monty, were living with their parents.

At the time of the 1911 census the family were living at 249 Rugby Road, Leamington.  Monty, aged 15, was a dentistry apprentice. He was living with his parents and 3 older siblings: Walter Henry (28), Isabelle Beatrice (24) and Ernest Edward (19). His father is recorded as being a Railway Pensioner, aged 68. He died at 164 Hatfield Terrace on January 19th 1917. Monty’s eldest brother, who was the manager of a coal merchants, received the notification of Monty’s death.

Warwick Advertiser 6th January 1917

An “In Memoriam” notice placed in the Warwick Advertiser a year after his death tells us that he was known to his family as Monty.

Military Service

Rank & Number: Private, 267984
Regiment/Service: 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Brigade/Division: 22nd Brigade, 7th Division
Date of death: Tuesday, October 09, 1917
Cause of death/Battle: Killed in Action - Battle of Poelcappelle
Commemorated/Buried: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Awards: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated locally at: All Saints Church

Monty enlisted, as Montague Pease, on 11th December 1915. His attestation notes he was 5’ 7¼” tall, that he was aged 20 years and 2 months and was working as a dental mechanic.

In March 1917, Monty was admitted to hospital suffering from dysentery. He remained in the hospital for a month and then spent 2 months convalescence before returning to his Regiment in August 1917.

According to the Regiment’s war diary, at the beginning of October 1917, the 2nd Battalion was camped at Hoog Crater then moved to dugouts at Zillebeke Lake. They sustained numerous casualties in the first week of October. Then on the 9th at 5:30, the 2nd Battalion launched an attack and Monty was one of a number of casualties.

Warwick Advertiser Local War Items 24th November 1917:

Contributors

  • Unlocking Warwick Research Group
  • Memorial photograph courtesy of David Oliver
  • Warwick Advertiser excerpts courtesy of Warwickshire County Record Office

 

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