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Itinerary for Helen Peters Dewdney and other Canadians at the Victoria Cross Centenary in England in 1956
April 20, 2012
Uncategorized 1956, Frederic Thornton Peters, Helen Dewdney, Victoria Cross 5 Comments
by Sam McBride
My posting in this blog dated Dec. 22, 2011 features scans of tickets, invitations, theatre programs and other memorabilia my grandmother Helen kept as souvenirs from the Victoria Cross Centenary events in June 1956 marking the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Victoria Cross as the ultimate award for valour in the British Empire.
Helen was invited to England for the centenary as next-of-kin to her brother, Capt. Frederic Thornton Peters, VC, DSO, DSC and bar, DSC (U.S.), RN, who received the Victoria Cross and the U.S. Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in the attack on the harbour of Oran, Algeria on Nov. 8, 1942 in the Allied invasion of North Africa. He miraculously survived the Oran action, but died five days later when the flying boat transporting him back to England to report to Prime Minister Churchill on the Oran action crashed in Plymouth Sound.
Going through family papers recently I discovered the seven-page itinerary that Helen and other Canadian participants received for the centenary events.
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