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The lack of mention of Private Peffers in War Diaries etc, and the fact that the War Office "missing" exercise in 1942/43 could find no trace of him made it difficult to be certain of his service career. However, we have been fortunate to have been given access to family information, and to his Service record, thanks to his step-grandson, for which we are most grateful. | The lack of mention of Private Peffers in War Diaries etc, and the fact that the War Office "missing" exercise in 1942/43 could find no trace of him made it difficult to be certain of his service career. However, we have been fortunate to have been given access to family information, and to his Service record, thanks to his step-grandson, for which we are most grateful. | ||
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Revision as of 10:52, 21 August 2025
Personnel Entry
Name Peffers Lawrence
Army number 4447974
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born11/6/1911.
Age 58 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - attested 4/2/30 - in the Territorial Army, for a 4yr engagement. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI. Either re-enlisted or re-joined. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI - possibly on embodiment at 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Evacuated via Dunkirk. Served Iceland. Served Normandy? Returned to the UK? Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 6/1/46.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known, but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died September 1969 aged 58.
Home address 23, Turom St. Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
The lack of mention of Private Peffers in War Diaries etc, and the fact that the War Office "missing" exercise in 1942/43 could find no trace of him made it difficult to be certain of his service career. However, we have been fortunate to have been given access to family information, and to his Service record, thanks to his step-grandson, for which we are most grateful.
