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QSA (4) Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3422 Pte. T. Peak. Scot: Rifles.);
[ KSA (2) ]

Thomas Peak, a Costermonger from Clerkenwell, Middlesex, was born around 1873. He attested into the Scottish Rifles on 18 August 1890 and served at Home and in India. After a spell in prison for drunkenness on duty, he saw later service in South Africa during the Boer War with the 2nd Battalion from 23 October 1899 to 2 July 1902 before being discharged the following month.