CUTHBERTSON Peter Slade

  • First Name(s):
    Peter 
    Slade 
  • Surname:
    CUTHBERTSON
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Surgeon Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Ship:
    HMS Eclipse
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    24th October 1943
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 84, Column 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Lt.-Colonel Laurence A. Cuthbertson, T.D., and Bessie M. Cuthbertson, of Caterham, Surrey. L.R.C.P., A.R.C.S

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CUTHBERTSON Peter Slade Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge King Edward VI Grammar School WW2 Memorial
Worcester Royal Grammar School

Further Information About CUTHBERTSON Peter Slade

Peter Cuthbertson attended Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1932 to 1936.  After leaving school he studied medicine at Guy’s Hospital in London, later joining the Royal Navy.

Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World By Mark Rogers, 1999.

HMS Eclipse was an E-Class Destroyer.  In October 1943 she was redeployed to reinforce naval support in the Aegean. On 23rd October 1943 she set sail for Leros having embarked troops of the Royal East Kent Regiment to reinforce the garrison on the island. At 05.00 on 24th October the ship hit a German mine East of Kalymnos, Greece.  The resulting internal explosions and fires caused the ship to break in two before sinking within 5 minutes of the impact.  119 of the ship’s crew and 134 troops lost their lives.

Peter Cuthbertson has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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