Service militaire
Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils de Frederick et Bertha Hamilton Peters de Nelson (Colombie-Britannique).
Frère du lieutenant Gerald Hamilton Peters et soldat John Franklyn Peters, tous les deux décédés pendant qu’ils servaient dans le Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment).
Son père fut procureur général et le premier Premier ministre libéral de cette province. Il a fait ses études à l'école St. Peter's Private School, puis poursuivi son éducation à Victoria en Colombie-Britannique avant d'être admis à l'École navale en Angleterre. Il en sortit avec le grade d'aspirant de marine et trois ans plus tard il a été promu au grade de sous-lieutenant. Durant la Première Guerre, il a été décoré de l'Ordre du Service distingué (la première fois que cette décoration était décernée à un Canadien) et de la Croix du Service distingué pour actes de bravoure. Peu de temps après avoir reçu la Croix de Victoria pendant qu'il se rendait en Angleterre, l'avion dans lequel il se trouvait s'écrasa et il fut tué. On ne connaît pas le lieu de son inhumation mais son nom apparaît sur le Naval Memorial érigé à Portsmouth en Angleterre.
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Frederick Thornton "Fritz" Peters, 1889-1942. Photo when he was about 50.
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Capitaine Frederick Thornton Peters
F.T. "Fritz" Peters, VC, a photo from the family collection. Fritz was among the most decorated Canadians in WWI and WWII. He served with the Royal Navy and in Navy Intelligence.
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Capitaine Frederick Thornton Peters
Frederick Thornton Peters, VC, (1889-1942)and a girlfriend in England. Circa 1941. Photo from the family collection. Mailed to his mother by the lady after the war. F.T. Peters was never married and had no children. His two brothers died in action WWI. His sister, Mary Helen Dewdney (1887-1976)was my grandmother.
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Capitaine Frederick Thornton Peters
From left: F.T. Peters' sister Mary Helen Dewdney, mother Bertha Peters, niece Dee Dee Dewdney McBride, and niece Eve Dewdney Fingland. c. 1930.
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Capitaine Frederick Thornton Peters
Frederick Thornton Peters, VC as a young man. This was probably taken in the years immediately before the First World War. Peters won numerous medals for bravery in both the First and Second World War, serving in the Royal Navy and Naval Intelligence.
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Letter from F.T. Peters to his family in 1942.
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Capitaine Frederick Thornton Peters
Page 2 of a letter from F.T. Peters to his family in 1942.
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3rd page of a letter from F.T. Peters to his family in 1942.
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Last page of a letter from F.T. Peters to his family in 1942.
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From: F. Gordon Roe, "The Bronze Cross" (London : Gawthorn, 1945) page 73
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Frederick was remembered in the Prince Edward Island Command's, Royal Canadian Legion Wartime Service Booklet.
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Capitaine Frederick Thornton Peters
news article shortly after World War 2 announcing that mountains near Nelson, B.C. were to be named after Victoria Cross winners Fritz Peters and Hammy Gray
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British newspaper article about DSO presented to Fritz by King George V
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Telegram notifying mother of Fritz's death
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Letter from General Eisenhower about awarding the Distinguished Service Cross to F.T. Peters for "extraordinary heroism in the attack on Oran".
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Capitaine Frederick Thornton Peters
Letter apologizing for the Victoria Cross being sent to Fritz's mother in the regular mail rather than in a ceremony.
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Fritz and his lady friend Dorothy
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page 1 and 4 of 1916 letter from Fritz mentioning his two brothers who had recently died in the Great War.
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page 2 and 3 of 1916 letter from Fritz mentioning his brothers Gerald and Jack who had recently died in the Great War.
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Fritz in a photo that was probably taken soon after he enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1905
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news of receiving DSO from King George the Fifth
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newspaper report of posthumous presentation of his U.S. Distinguished Service Cross medal in February 1944
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Barrie Military Park, Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients, Cenotaph
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Capitaine Frederick Thornton Peters
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Frederick Thornton "Fritz" Peters, 1889-1942. Photo when he was about 50.
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F.T. "Fritz" Peters, VC, a photo from the family collection. Fritz was among the most decorated Canadians in WWI and WWII. He served with the Royal Navy and in Navy Intelligence.
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Frederick Thornton Peters, VC, (1889-1942)and a girlfriend in England. Circa 1941. Photo from the family collection. Mailed to his mother by the lady after the war. F.T. Peters was never married and had no children. His two brothers died in action WWI. His sister, Mary Helen Dewdney (1887-1976)was my grandmother.
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From left: F.T. Peters' sister Mary Helen Dewdney, mother Bertha Peters, niece Dee Dee Dewdney McBride, and niece Eve Dewdney Fingland. c. 1930.
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Frederick Thornton Peters, VC as a young man. This was probably taken in the years immediately before the First World War. Peters won numerous medals for bravery in both the First and Second World War, serving in the Royal Navy and Naval Intelligence.
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Letter from F.T. Peters to his family in 1942.
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Page 2 of a letter from F.T. Peters to his family in 1942.
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3rd page of a letter from F.T. Peters to his family in 1942.
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Last page of a letter from F.T. Peters to his family in 1942.
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From: F. Gordon Roe, "The Bronze Cross" (London : Gawthorn, 1945) page 73
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Frederick was remembered in the Prince Edward Island Command's, Royal Canadian Legion Wartime Service Booklet.
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news article shortly after World War 2 announcing that mountains near Nelson, B.C. were to be named after Victoria Cross winners Fritz Peters and Hammy Gray
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British newspaper article about DSO presented to Fritz by King George V
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Telegram notifying mother of Fritz's death
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Letter from General Eisenhower about awarding the Distinguished Service Cross to F.T. Peters for "extraordinary heroism in the attack on Oran".
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Letter apologizing for the Victoria Cross being sent to Fritz's mother in the regular mail rather than in a ceremony.
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Fritz and his lady friend Dorothy
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page 1 and 4 of 1916 letter from Fritz mentioning his two brothers who had recently died in the Great War.
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page 2 and 3 of 1916 letter from Fritz mentioning his brothers Gerald and Jack who had recently died in the Great War.
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Fritz in a photo that was probably taken soon after he enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1905
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news of receiving DSO from King George the Fifth
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newspaper report of posthumous presentation of his U.S. Distinguished Service Cross medal in February 1944
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Barrie Military Park, Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients, Cenotaph
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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MONUMENT COMMÉMORATIF NAVAL DE PORTSMOUTH Hampshire, Royaume-Uni
Le monument commémoratif surplombe la promenade de Southsea Common et est accessible en tout temps.
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