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1205848 Capt. Frederick Thornton Peters VC, DSO, DSC. Royal Navy HMS Walney from:British Columbia, Canada (d.13th Nov 1942) Frederick Peters was killed in action on the 13th of November 1942, aged 53. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial in Portsmouth. He was the son of Frederick and Bertha Hamilton Peters, of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. The citation in the London Gazette of 14th May, 1943, reads : "For valour in taking H.M.S. Walney, in an enterprise of desperate hazard, into the harbour of Oran on 8th November, 1942. Captain Peters led his force through the boom towards the jetty in the face of point-blank fire from the shore batteries, a destroyer and a cruiser. Blinded in one eye, he alone of the seventeen officers and men on the bridge survived. The Walney reached the jetty disabled and ablaze, and went down with her colours flying." Captain Peters survived this action and was taken prisoner by the French. He was released several days later and, on 13th November 1942, he was returning to England on a Sunderland Flying Boat when it crashed. He did not survive. Mount Peters, near Nelson, British Colombia is named in his honour. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.