Basic Details
Surname
Sunderland
Forenames
Peter Graham
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
Second World War (1939-1945)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. A native of the village, he was a civil servant with the Ministry of Shipping in London before he enlisted in 1942. He trained in Trinidad as an observer, flew with the Fleet Air Arm and served in Malta with HMS Heron.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
ROYAL NAVY
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
HMS Heron
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Sub Lieutenant
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Royal Navy
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Honourable Artillery Company
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Sub Lieutenant
Death and Burial details
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Burscough Bridge, Lancs
Cemetery
Par Cemetery
Year of death
1944
Month of death
May
Day of death
28
Age at death
22
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action