Basic Details
Surname
Hume
Forenames
P J
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Peter Joseph
Served or died
Died
Notes
All extra information is has been provided by the College Archivist (see References) in response to an enquiry from the IWM, including this biographical detail: '(1936) Born 12 February 1914, Siward Crescent, Hull Road, York; son of Joseph Hume, Schoolmaster, and Bertha Frances Cooper. BA 1939. Tutor(s): J M Wordie. Educ: Bootham School. Career: Personnel Officer, Friends’ Ambulance Unit 1939–1942. Died December 1942 (missing, presumed lost at sea).' CWGC lists him as being lost when the SS Ceramic was torpedoed en route to Australia.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Year of death
1942
Month of death
December
Day of death
6
Age at death
28
Manner of death reference
Missing