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Peter Teasdale

In memory of:

Private Peter Teasdale

August 19, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

B/37547

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.

Additional Information


Born:

August 8, 1910
West Dunley, Durham, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

April 15, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of Peter and Mary Elizabeth Teasdale; husband of Mary Ellen Teasdale of Brantford, Ontario. Father of Thomas and William.

Brother of Mary, Thomas, Jack and Corporal George Teasdale, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, killed in action 19 August 1942.

Commemorated on Page 119 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MERS-LES-BAINS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 3.

Location:

Mers-les-Bains is a small seaside town and holiday resort at the mouth of the river Bresle, about 2 kilometres north-east of the well-known resort of Le Treport. The cemetery is rather more than 800 metres north-east of the town, on a by-road to the neighbouring village of Ault. The war graves are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of PETER TEASDALE– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Album Cover– Album of Honour for Brant County  World War 11 1939 - 1945
Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me
  • Biography– Album of Honour for Brant County World War II 1939-1945
Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me

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