A Battle of the Atlantic group awarded to Able Seaman E.S. Peters, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve South African Division who was serving aboard HMS Newcastle on 18th May 1941 when she captured the Vichy French merchant ship Lieutenant Saint Loubert Bie south of St. Helena and then on 25th July 1941 when she intercepted the German blockade runner Erlangen off the mouth of the River Plate estuary, with Erlangen subsequently being scuttled by her crew.
Group of 3: 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star, War Medal; all three officially impressed (66850 E.S. PETERS.)
Condition: Very Fine
Ernest Sharp Peters was born on 15th June 1911 enrolled in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve South African Division at Cape Town on 1st July 1932 and would later go on to see Second World War Service and was aboard HMS Newcastle on 18th May 1941 when she captured the Vichy French merchant ship Lieutenant Saint Loubert Bie south of St. Helena. On 25th July 1941 when Newcastle intercepted the German blockade runner Erlangen off the mouth of the River Plate estuary, with Erlangen being scuttled by her crew.
On 18th August 1941 Peters would transfer to ‘Carnarvon Castle’ and would serve aboard the Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Atlantic until 13th July 1943 when he transferred to the shore base HMS Assegai. The remainder of the war saw a number of short appointments ashore including with HMS Lanka in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) where he would earn entitlement to the Burma Star.
He would be demobilised as an Able Seaman on 22nd October 1945, and would then live in Rondebosch, South Africa.
Additionally entitled to a Burma Star and Africa Service Medal.
