Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Arthur James Peters
In memory of:
Master Arthur James Peters
April 16, 1918
North Atlantic
Military Service
62
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Lake Michigan (Liverpool, England) (115252)
Additional Information
January 1, 1856
Portscatho, England
Son of Captain William Peters and Eliza Jane Smith of Gerrans, Cornwall, England. Husband of Jeannie Mackei Bringan of T, 7, Durward Avenue, Shawlands, Glasgow, Scotland. Father of Florence, Jeannie C. and Edith May Peters.
On 15 April 1918, the Lake Michigan was en route from Liverpool, England, to Saint John, New Brunswick, via the Clyde, with convoy OB-61, when she was torpedoed by U-100, and sunk 93 miles (150 km) north-west of Eagle Island, Ireland, position 55°30'N/11°52'W. The captain and McGowan lost their lives.
Commemorated on Page 57 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
London, United Kingdom
N/A
THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL stands on the South side of the garden of Trinity Square, a hundred yards East of Mark Lane Station, and just within the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney and the Liberty of the Tower. It is at the hub of maritime England. Behind it are Trinity House and the offices of the Port of London Authority, and the Thames stretches before it; the wide space of Great Tower Hill, leading down from it to the river, is the traditional forum of merchant seamen and their fellow workers. Lloyd's is on the North, the Custom House and Billingsgate Market are near it on the West, and beyond the Tower, Eastwards, is the long line of the Docks the greatest dock system in the world.
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