Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Etaples Military Cemetery | XXXI. D. 26. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.128 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 41C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Peter and Rachel Le Page, of Guernsey. Son of Peter and Rachel Le Page, of Carteret, Cobo, Guernsey. Born and enlisted at Guernsey. Fruit grower and resident at Vale, Guernsey. Wounded on 06/12/1917.Died of Wounds in a General Hospital in France, aged 21 years.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1/Royal Guernsey Light Infantry |
1st (Service) Battalion Formed by the Militia in 1916 and named the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry. Moved to Bourne Park (Canterbury) in May 1917, under orders of 202nd Brigade in 67th Division. 27 September 1917 : left the Division and landed at Le Havre, then transferred to 86th Brigade in 29th Division. 27 April 1918 : left the Division and became GHQ Troops after sustaining heavy casualties in the Battle of the Lys. |
| Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | St Sampson's No. 2598 E.C. | Guernsey & Alderney |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
17th March 1917 | 13th April 1917 | 1st May 1917 |
The contribution records have multiple entries for Le Page for lodges in Guernsey; it is no surprise to understand, therefore, that Peter is a Lewis Mason. The annotation to his record shows "Died of wounds December 1917".
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley