- SURNAME
Peters
- FORENAME
Frederick Thornton
- UNIT
former SOE
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
- DATE OF DEATH
13th November 1942
- AGE
53
- GRAVESITE
Portsmouth Naval Memorial,Hampshire Panel 61 Column 3
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit HMS Excellent,Royal Navy
born 17.9.1889 Charlottetown,Prince Edward Island,Canada
son of Frederick and Bertha Hamilton Peters,Nelson,British Columbia,Canada
awards V.C.,D.S.O.,D.S.C.and bar,D.S.C.(US)
former commandant of Station XVIII,Hertfordshire 1941 (SOE special industrial demolition course)
killed in air crash near Gibraltar on returning home from VC action at Oran on HMS Walney 8.11.1942
DATE OF DEATH:
13-Nov-1942
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