RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Peers, Leslie Arthur

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Peers ​

• FORENAME

Leslie Arthur ​

• UNIT

624 Squadron (R.C.A.F.) ​

• RANK

Pilot Officer ​

• NUMBER

J/85070 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

14th July 1944 ​

• AGE

27 ​

• GRAVESITE

Runnymede Memorial,Surrey Panel 252 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 04.07.1917, Chatham, Ontario, Canada​

son of Jeptha and Earlie Peers, Chatham, Ontario, Canada​

husband of Shirley Eileen Peers, Chatham, Ontario, Canada​

former service number R/98316​

pilot​

Halifax JN8884​

crashed Nistos, Hautes Pyrenees, France ​

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Leslie Arthur Peers

The gravesite is NOT at Runneymede - P.O.Peers with his 6 fellow crew members, was actually buried by the local French villagers on the mountain where they crashed. Later the local French, with the help of the French military built a permanent cemetary for these 7 young men despite the location being 4,500 feet up a mountain and an hours trek from the nearest road. The cemetary is visited regularly by hundreds of people, with full ceremonies to honour the men taking place every few years. It is looked after by a local ex-pat French Canadian.