Reprinted with permission from the book Hodge’s Cove by Eric Stringer, 2011
Name: PEDDLE, Clarence
Service #: D/JX346228
Branch of Service: Royal Navy / Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit
Marital Status when enlisted: Single
Duration of Service: January 1942 – December 1945
Medals Awarded:
- 1939-45 Star
- Atlantic Star
- Defense Medal
- Burma Star
- Newfoundland Service Medal
- War Medal 1939-45
Other noteworthy information: I was with the Forestry Unit from 1940 until 1942 when I joined the navy. When Newfoundland became part of Canada I joined the Canadian Navy Reserve for fifteen years.
(as submitted by himself)