Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Robert Peters
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: Clyde 1/158
- Rank: Able Seaman
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: H.M.S. Waveney
- Unit/Ship: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
- Place of Death:
- Age at Death: 24
- Date of Death: 03.09.1917
- Burial Country: England
- Cemetery: Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Naval.20.1053.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 43 Annfield Rd, Dundee
- Occupation: Iron turner
- Mother:
Agnes Peters
- Father:
John Peters, 43 Annfield Rd, Dundee
- Siblings:
Mary, 43 Annfield Rd, Dundee
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Robert Peters
Robert was killed during a hostile air raid on Chatham Naval Barracks on 03.09.1917.
Robert Peters C1/158 Hood Bn Royal Naval Division
DUNDEE SEAMAN WOUNDED.
Seaman Robert Peters resides at 43 Annfield Road, Dundee, and before the war he was employed as an ironturner. He was called up at the outbreak of hostilities, and was with the Naval Brigade at Antwerp, going to the Dardanelles with the Hood Battalion. He has been a member of the Dundee Naval Volunteers since April, 1912.
Dundee Courier 28th December 1915
PETERS—Killed on the 3rd inst., as the result of enemy action, A.B. Robert Peters, R.N.V.R., aged 24 years, second son of the late John Peters, 43 Annfield Road, Dundee.
Dundee People’s Journal 15th September 1917
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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