Fred Peters
Service number
4856217
Military unit
1st Bn Leicestershire Regiment
Address
90 Sherwood Street, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Date of birth
04 Nov 1913
Date of death
12 Feb 1942 (30 years old)
Place of birth
Springfield, Staffordshire.
Employment, education or hobbies
Worked in family grocery shop.
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Family history
Son of Joseph Henry amd mary Jane Peters of 90 Sherwood Street, Mansfield Woodhouse. Joseph had died in early 1939.
Siblings: William (1901), Edward (1907), Louisa (1911) and Alexander (1920).
Military history
On the missing persons list after the fall of Singapore in February 1942.
royalleicesteregiment.org.uk:
Peters, Fred
Enlisted 4/5/1931 for 7yrs regular army and 5 yrs reserves.
Discharged 27/11/1931 under Para 370 (VIII) King's Regulations.
Re-enlisted 17/12/1932
Was serving in regiment on 1/9/1939.
Killed in Malaya Campaign 12/2/1943.
Extra information
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Photographs
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