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Son of Frederick and Bertha Hamilton Peters of Nelson, British Columbia.
Brother of Lieutenant Gerald Hamilton Peters and Private John Franklyn Peters, both died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment).
Frederick Thorton was son of the Attorney General and the first Liberal Premier of Prince Edward Island. He was educated at St. Peter's Private School, later went to school in Victoria, British Columbia, and from there to Naval School in England. He graduated as a midshipman and three years later he received his commission as a sub-lieutenant. During the First World War he was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order, the first ever given to a Canadian, and the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in action. Following the action which earned him the Victoria Cross, he was proceeding to England when the plane he was in crashed and he was killed. He has no known grave, but his name appears on the Naval Memorial at Portsmouth, England.
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Page 615 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Hampshire, United Kingdom
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