Peter Ferris Barge
Person details
| Forename(s) | Peter Ferris |
|---|---|
| Surname | Barge |
| Rank | Driver |
| Regiment | Royal Engineers |
| Age | 19 |
| Death | Killed in an accident, 2nd May 1942 |
| Place of Death | UK |
| Date of Death | 28/04/1942 |
| Year of Entry | 1936 |
| House Letter | D |
| School Notes | |
| Comments | Not included in the WW2 photo album |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 185th Tunnelling Company |
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| Burial or Cemetery | UK > Bedlay, Lanarkshire |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | With Leyland Motors Ltd, 1939 |
| Prep School | Dragon |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary | June 14 1942. On April 14th, Peter Ferns Barge (Stevenson's-Watkins's, D, 1936-1939). He came to Radley from the Dragon School, Oxford, and left here rather younger than most to learn heavy road transport work. Soon after the outbreak of war he managed to join the Royal Engineers. although he was still under the age then permissible. Here he developed his considerable mechanical ability and was employed with heavy transport vehicles, which had been his passion as a child and his profession when he left school. |
| Service Number | 1942605 |
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