Remembered Totteridge Hertfordshire Captain PETER SEYMOUR FOWLER Mentioned in Despatches 177534, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) attd. M.I.9. who died age 25 on 21 August 1944 B.A. (Cantab.). Son of Henry Seymour Fowler and Ida Margaret Fowler, of St. John''s Wood, London. Remembered with honour MOUREZE COMMUNAL CEMETERY CWGC :: Certificate On the 15th August 1944, Captain Peter Fowler was given permission, by Lt Commander Brooks Richards of the Special Operations Executive, to accompany Major Andrew Croft on a secret mission to Southern France. At 02.15 in the morning of 17th August 1944 nine men under the command of Croft, with Fowler as second-in-command, parachuted into France, close to the village of St Pons in Herault. Together with the men came 30 containers and 28 packages containing arms and ammunition and a large quantity of money and gold. On Monday 21st August Peter Fowler, together with two French gendarmes, was ambushed and murdered by a gang of German SS trainees close to the village of Fontes. Captain Peter Seymour Fowler Memorial
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7693827&queryType=1&resultcount=1 Name Fowler, Peter Seymour Rank: Captain Service No: 177534 Regiment: Royal Fusiliers Theatre of Combat or Operation: The London Omnibus List for Gallant and Distinguished Services in the Field Award: Mention-in-Despatches Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 30 August 1945 Date 1945 Catalogue reference WO 373/98
177534 Captain Peter Seymour FOWLER, ROYAL FUSILIERS This officer was parachuted behind the enemy lines into the Department of HERAULT in August, 1944 Very shortly after his arrival Captain FOWLER undertook a long range reconnaissance trip by motor-cycle accompanied by two gendarmes, to investigate certain enemy positions. The party was surprised and attacked by a German patrol, and all were seriously wounded. As he lay on the ground and although in uniform, Captain FOWLER was then shot through the head. His two companions suffered a similar fate. It is recommended that this officer be mentioned in Despatches (Posthumous Award). WO/373/98-ir491-pgs271-274
Hello Daphne as promised The memorial is in Totteridge ,London Borough of Barnet, London N20 map below https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=totteridge&ie=UTF-8&ei=eTVtUtOBK_OY0AX764DoCw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg I have also added your link to the web site Captain Peter Seymour Fowler Memorial Copyright WE Smith On the 15th August 1944, Captain Peter Fowler was given permission, by Lt Commander Brooks Richards of the Special Operations Executive, to accompany Major Andrew Croft on a secret mission to Southern France. At 02.15 in the morning of 17th August 1944 nine men under the command of Croft, with Fowler as second-in-command, parachuted into France, close to the village of St Pons in Herault. Together with the men came 30 containers and 28 packages containing arms and ammunition and a large quantity of money and gold. On Monday 21st August Peter Fowler, together with two French gendarmes, was ambushed and murdered by a gang of German SS trainees close to the village of Fontes. This website is dedicated to explaining the facts behind their deaths, and the history of Captain Peter Fowler's extraordinary, but very short life. He was 25 when he died. Captain Peter Seymour Fowler (1919-1944) http://www.peterfowler.co.uk/ regards Clive