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John was born in 1896. He is the son of James Peyton and Alice Riley. [1]
In the 1901 census John is in London with his parents and younger sister Dorothea.
By 1911 he is at the Naval College at Whippingham, Hampshire.
He died 4th November 1918 of Influenza and pneumonia whilst serving in the Navy. He wasn'r married.
From an on-line auction catalogue
Description Three: Lieutenant J. Reynolds-Peyton, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (Mid., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.); Memorial Plaque (John Reynolds-Peyton) nearly extremely fine (4) £100-140 Footnote John Reynolds-Peyton was appointed a Midshipman on 15 May 1914, promoted to Sub-Lieutenant in November 1916, an Acting Lieutenant from January 1918 and Lieutenant in Janaury 1918. As a Lieutenant aboard the destroyer Ambuscade, he died of influenza and pneumonia on 4 November 1918, aged 22 years. He was the son of James and Alice Reynolds-Peyton of 37 Augusta Gardens, Folkestone, Kent. He was buried in Windsor Cemetery, Berkshire. Sold with copied research and copied photographs on the vessels on which he served.
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