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G. Walter Peacock

Colonel G. Walter Peacock was commissioned in 1901. He designed and introduced the 'Red Shield' into the Canadian-held trenches in France in 1915.

Colonel Walter Peacock
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RankColonel
RelationsColonel Jennie Peacock (wife)

Appointments

AppointmentRankFromUntil
Trade Department - Canada and Bermuda TerritoryProbationary Lieutenant1901
Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary - Canada and Bermuda Territory 1909
Chancellor - Northwest Division
Territorial Young People's Secretary - Canada West Territory
Men's Social Secretary - Canada West Territory February 1919
Territorial Young People's Secretary - Central Territory
Field Secretary - Southern Territory 1927
Field Secretary - Canada West Territory
Territorial Young People's Secretary (Additional Responsibility) - Canada West Territory
Divisional Commander - Montreal and Ottawa
Field Secretary - Canada and Bermuda Territory
Chief Secretary - Canada and Bermuda TerritoryColonelMarch 5, 1937July 1, 1945

He held an appointment at the Ontario Divisional Office with the rank of ensign. After this, he was transferred to the Immigration Department during which he crossed the Atlantic eight times.

When Canada West was to publish its own edition of “The War Cry” Colonel Peacock was given the responsibility of its production, and for three months he filled, with considerable credit, the chair of Editor, in addition to his duties as Men's Social Secretary, being assisted for a time by Lieut-Colonel Phillips.

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