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In memory of:

Master Arthur James Peters

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Military service

Age: 62
Rank: Master
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Lake Michigan (Liverpool, England) (115252)
Birth: January 1, 1856 Portscatho, England
Death: April 16, 1918 North Atlantic

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Son of Captain William Peters and Eliza Jane Smith of Gerrans, Cornwall, England. Husband of Jeannie Mackei Bringan of T, 7, Durward Avenue, Shawlands, Glasgow, Scotland. Father of Florence, Jeannie C. and Edith May Peters.

On 15 April 1918, the Lake Michigan was en route from Liverpool, England, to Saint John, New Brunswick, via the Clyde, with convoy OB-61, when she was torpedoed by U-100, and sunk 93 miles (150 km) north-west of Eagle Island, Ireland, position 55°30'N/11°52'W. The captain and McGowan lost their lives.

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Page 57 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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