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VC1327    Thomas Peck Hunter

Name   Thomas Peck Hunter    No.      POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   1327   Awards   VC    

Regiment   No. 43 Royal Marine Commando attached to C Troop, Special Service Troops

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Corporal

Rank End Of Career   Corporal

Place Of Birth   Aldershot, Hampshire, England

Place Of Death   Argenta Gap, near Ravenne Ferrara, Italy

Buried/Location Ashes    Argenta Gap War Cemetery (Cimitero Di Guerra Di Argenta), 2 km north of Argenta, Italy

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone (CWGC)     Plot/Grave no.   Plot 3, Row G, Grave 20

Gazetted    12 June 1945

VC Presented   26 September 1945 by King George VI at Holyrood House, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland to his parents

Memorials

P  Headstone & Memorial Plaque, Argenta Gap War Cemetery (Cimitero Di Guerra Di Argenta), 2 km north of Argenta, Italy

P  Memorial Stone and Benchs, Opposite Ocean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland

P  The Hunter Bell & Memorial Plaque, Royal Marine Depot, Lympstone, Devon

P  Named on War Memorial, & Framed Photo, Tynecastle School, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

P  Named on Boys Brigade Memorial Garden, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

P  Named on Commando Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

P  Memorial Stone, Via della Corriera Antica, Porta Garibaldi, Comacchio, Italy

P  Memorial Houses with Memorial Plaque, Stenhouse Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

P  Memorial Plaque, Garden of Remembrance Commando Memorial,  Spean Bridge, Highlands, Scotland

P  Hunter Close, Gosport, Hampshire

By The Way…

VC Held By

Royal Marines Museum, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

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BORN    6 October 1923

DIED   3 April 1945   AGE    21

VC Won  3 April 1945  AGE   21

Place VC Won   Argenta Gap, near Ravenne Ferrara, Italy

War/Campaign   Second World War