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Name:
Peter Arnold Espeut
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Birth:
23 MAY 1922
Father:
Louis Arnold Armit Espeut
Mother:
Ethel Frances Shoesmith
Death:
22 MAY 1941 off Crete aged 18
Remarks:
CWGC:
MIDSHIPMAN (S)
PETER ARNOLD ESPEUT
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Navy

H.M.S. Gloucester

Date of Death
Died 22 May 1941

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Panel 45, Column 1.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2478850/peter-arnold-espeut/


H.M.S. Gloucester was sunk by German dive bombers on 22 May 1941 during the Battle of Crete with the loss of 722 men out of a crew of 807. Gloucester acquired the nickname "The Fighting G" after earning five battle honours in less than a year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gloucester_(62)

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