11279 PTE G.PETERS DEVON.R.
George Peters
Born Dartmouth 1891
In 1911 he was a Dartmouth 'coal-lumper' - a dockyard labourer who loaded & unloaded coal on & off ships
To France 26/1/15 & served with 1st Devonshire Regiment
Admitted 14th Field Ambulance 21/3/15 with influenza
KIA Somme 26/9/16 during attack on Morval
Note: 1st Devons suffered 40% casualties when they attacked Bovril Trench & Minch Trench 25/9/16. The Regimental Historian, C.T.Atkinson, recorded that "they pushed forward up Mince Trench, south of Morval, using captured German bombs, and when they ran out of these, forcing their way with the bayonet"
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Also commemorated on the following UK memorials:
> The Men of Dartmouth War Memorial, Dartmouth
> St Saviour's Church War Memorial, Dartmouth, Devon
> St Petrox's Church War Memorial Board, Devon
> Royal British Legion Memorial Hall, Tiverton, Devon
For his detailed biography - Click here
With copy of his Medal Index Card, SDGW & CWGC details plus supporting documentation
Condition: GVF
