Peter Charles Heiden (1917-1943)

Peter Charles Heiden

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth:
Q4 1917
Shepperton, Middlesex, England¹ ²
Military Service:
1938 (age 20-21)
British Army Royal Artillery as gunner no:1431295³
Death:
22 Dec 1943 (age 26)
Greece³ ⁴ ² ⁵
Cause: in action
War Memorial:
Athens Memorial, Poseidonos Avenue 8, Alimos, Athens, Greece⁴
gunner no:1431295 Royal Artillery 151 Bty. 51 H.A.A. Regiment died 22nd December 1943 aged 26, son of Charles and Edith Heiden of Steeple Claydon Buckinghamshire
Probate:
27 Oct 1945
Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England⁵
of Downe Steeple Claydon Bletchley Buckinghamshire died 22nd December 1943 on war service, administration of effects of £178 15s 7d (~£6,400 in 2017) to Charles Arthur Heiden retired local government officer

1.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Staines 1917 quarter:4 volume:3a page:9. Cit. Date: 27 January 2022.

2.: FindMyPast Royal Artillery Other Ranks: Casualty Cards 1939-1947, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). no:1431295 card:9372. Cit. Date: 27 January 2022.

3.: FindMyPast Royal Artillery attestations 1883-1942 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). 1938 page:70 no:1431295. Cit. Date: 27 January 2022.

4.: Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Athens Memorial Face:2. Cit. Date: 27 January 2022.

5.: UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Oxford 1945 page:255. Cit. Date: 27 January 2022.