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| Name: |
Peters, Frederick Thornton |
| Date of birth: | September 17th, 1889 (Charlottetown/Prince Edward Island, Canada)
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| Date of death: |
November 13th, 1942 (Plymouth/Devon, Great Britain)
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Canadian |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Frederick Thornton Peters received both the Distinguished Service Order (March 3rd, 1915) and his first Distinguished Service Cross (March 8th, 1918) for action during World War One.
Captain Peters died during an air accident on November 13, 1942.
Name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Promotions:
?: Acting Sub-Lieutenant;
March 31st, 1910: Sub-Lieutenant;
January 30th, 1911: Lieutanant;
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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC)
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Rank:
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Commander
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Unit:
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H.M.S. Thirlmere
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Awarded on:
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July 11th, 1940
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Action:
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Received for good services in the Royal Navy since the outbreak of
War.
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Details:
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Second DSC received in the form of a bar to be worn on the ribbon of the first DSC.
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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC)
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Rank:
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Captain
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Awarded on:
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January 19th, 1943
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Details:
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Permission granted to wear the decoration per The London Gazette, dated January 19th, 1943.
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VICTORIA CROSS (VC)
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Rank:
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Acting Captain
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Unit:
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H.M.S. Walney
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Awarded on:
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May 18th, 1943
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Action:
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Citation:
"For valour in taking H.M.S. Walney, in an enterprise of desperate hazard, into the harbour of Oran on the 8th November, 1942. Captain Peters led his force through the boom towards the jetty in the face of point-blank fire from shore batteries, a Destroyer and a Cruiser. Blinded in one eye, he alone of the seventeen Officers and Men on the bridge survived. The Walney reached the jetty disabled and ablaze, and went down with her colours flying."
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- Unknown
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| Information source(s): |
- Victoria Cross Reference
- The Register of the Victoria Cross - uitgegeven door This Engeland 1997 - ISBN 0906324270
- The London Gazette of 5th April 1910, Issue 28354
- The London Gazette of 15th August 1911, Issue 28522
- Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 2nd March 1915, Issue 29088
- Seventh Supplement to The London Gazette of 5th March 1918, Issue 30564
- Supplement to The London Gazette of 9th July 1940, Issue 34893, dated 11th July 1940
- Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette of 15th January 1943, Issue 35870, dated 19th January 1943
- Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 14th May 1943, Issue 35019, dated 18th May 1943
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