LEATHERHEAD WAR MEMORIALS - WWII
Sapper Cyril Harold Peters
7 Field Sqn. Royal Engineers
Town Memorial WWII Panel
| Name: PETERS,
CYRIL HAROLD Rank: Sapper Regiment: Royal Engineers Unit Text: 7 Field Sqn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 26/09/1941 Service No: 2005511 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Peters, of Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Near South Boundary. Cemetery: LEATHERHEAD (SS. MARY AND NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD [local grave no.569] Inscription at foot of headstone: His life cut short, his work well done, leaving cherished memories of a loving son. His death was registered in Q3 1941, Liverpool North. From
the probate records we know that he had been living at 22
Barnett Wood Lane, Leatherhead: His parents were Edward Peters (birth registered in 1883, Peckham, London; death registered in 1953, Shoreham, Sussex) and Edith Ethel Hopper (birth registered in 1885 Yalding, Kent; died 12 May 1937, Leatherhead, Surrey). He had an older brother Edward A Peters (birth registered in 1912 in Hertfordshire, died in 1930) and a younger sister Gwendoline Alice Peters (born 21 December 1922, registered at Cinderford, Gloucestershire, died in 2008) ¹. |
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Despite what looks like a life full of moves, his parents
are buried together in the same churchyard as he is, SS Mary &
Nicholas, Leatherhead, in section D ²:
grave 375 PETERS Edith Ethel b1884 d1937 age 53 d12/05/1937
grave 375 PETERS Edward d1953 14/04/1953
Sources
1 Ancestry.co.uk
2 Leatherhead Parish Church: Guide to named grave locations in the Churchyard (Leatherhead & District Local History Society)
Links
Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
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last updated 9 Aug 2004: 13 Feb 14: CWGC links updated 7
Nov 17: badge corrected 16 Jul 20