Peters Albert Wallace 2/Lt

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Surname: Peters;

Forename(s): Albert Wallace;

Initials: AW;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: West Bromwich;

Resided in: West Bromwich;

Previous Number: 1841;

Previous Regiment: Royal Horse Gds;

MGC Branch: Heavy Branch (Tanks);

MGC Unit: "F" Bn;

Date abroad: 19-May-1915;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: D;

Where: UK;

When killed: 20-Nov-1918;

Other Data: enlisted RHG 12/10/1914 aged 19 - disch to Commsn MGC 30/11/1916
Served, Home 12/10/1914 - 18/5/1915, BEF 19/03/1915 - 5/4/1916, Home 6/4/1916 - 23/11/1916
Father: John Albert Peters - hosier of 369 High St, West Bromwich - later 137 Aldridge Rd, Perry Barr, Birmingham.
Died at St Marks Hosp, Chelsea, 20/11/1918 of influenza
Estate £94/1/7d
Cas Form: Southampton 14/5/1917 for Le Havre. 22/8/1917 wounded in the field - adm 46 FA GSW leg, left and rht hand. 2 BRX Hosp Rouen. 13/10/1917 transf England per HS Western Australia.
Letter from Swedish War Hospital 16-18 Paddington St, W1 "wounded 22/8/1917 left knee with septic complications, leaving stiff knee joint - has only a few degrees of movement in joint".
See "History of 6th Tank Bn" p 40;

Other Notes: PETERS, Second Lieutenant, ALBERT WALLACE, Machine Gun Corps. 20th November 1918. Near South wall of Church. Perry Barr (St. John) Churchyard - Warwickshire, United Kingdom.;

Related National Archives files: WO339/55798;

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