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Thomas Earl Peters

In memory of:

Ordinary Seaman Thomas Earl Peters

May 18, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

VR/3161

Force:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve

Division:

H.M. Trawler

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 308 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada

Grave Reference:

Panel 1.

Location:

The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:

1914-1939
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.

On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– The panel on the Halifax Memorial at Point Pleasant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, whereon Thomas Earl Peters' name is inscribed. Image taken in November 2017 by Tom Tulloch.

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    Memorial – The panel on the Halifax Memorial at Point Pleasant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, whereon Thomas Earl Peters' name is inscribed. Image taken in November 2017 by Tom Tulloch.
  • Photo– This image shows a trawler converted for naval service during World War I, similar to HM Trawler Lucknow, in which Thomas Earl Peters was serving when he was killed. Lucknow was one of 315 trawlers taken up from Hull by the Royal Navy during WW I, of which 52 were lost during the war. The ship was 171 g,r.t. and had been built in 1903 originally for fishing. She was converted in 1914 for minesweeping and fitted with a single 3-pounder gun. Lucknow was sunk by a German mine on 18 May 1917 off Portsmouth in the English Channel; during which nine sailors were killed including Ordinary Seaman Thomas Earl Peters, RCNVR.

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    Photo – This image shows a trawler converted for naval service during World War I, similar to HM Trawler Lucknow, in which Thomas Earl Peters was serving when he was killed. Lucknow was one of 315 trawlers taken up from Hull by the Royal Navy during WW I, of which 52 were lost during the war. The ship was 171 g,r.t. and had been built in 1903 originally for fishing. She was converted in 1914 for minesweeping and fitted with a single 3-pounder gun. Lucknow was sunk by a German mine on 18 May 1917 off Portsmouth in the English Channel; during which nine sailors were killed including Ordinary Seaman Thomas Earl Peters, RCNVR.

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