Peter Hooton Lance Corporal - D-company, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Data:

• Last name:Hooton
• Initials:P.
• Nationality:Great Britain
• Date of birth:21-04-1925
• Place of birth:Olney, Buckinghamshire
• Homeland:Great Britain
• Age :19
• Army number:14426891
• Rank:Lance Corporal
• Unit:D-company, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
• Division:53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
• Award:1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-1945
• Details:Acting section commander, died when the farm they were staying in was attacked by circa 50 German Fallschirmjäger supported by Machine gun Fire. Lance Corporal Hooton was wounded by fire from a German Machine Gun during this attack. Whiles retreating to the rear for medical attention he was hit once again and killed. Died during the same incident as Private Sidney Thomas Devall.

• Deceased on:03-11-1944
• Place of Death: Ramakers family farm, Kanaalstraat 6 te Hunsel
• Place Cemetery: Leopoldsburg
• Cemetery Name: Leopoldsburg War Cemetery
• Land Cemetery: Belgium
• Plot Cemetery: III
• Row Cemetery: E
• Number Cemetery: 10

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