47: AquaSports at Mercers, remembering a local war hero … and more

3817.439 - 3853.832 Peter Stewart

He returned to civilian life and died at the tragically young age of just 48 on 15 August 1940 in Redhill. He was buried in Red Hill Cemetery with full military honours. His medals, including VC, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal 1914-1919, were bought privately in 2001 by Michael Ashcroft and are displayed in the Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum in London.