My Great Grandfather George Watt Peddie was one of 5 boys: John, George, Matthew, Thomas, and Douglas. Douglas was the only Peddie brother to survive WWI.

Each brother served for a different branch or country of the military:

• John William was a Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Navy (died of illness aboard the HMS Orpheus 1918)

• George Watt, British Army, 6th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (killed in the Gallipoli Campaign 1915)

• Matthew Erskine, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. Unit: Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) 7th Battalion (killed in Courcellete, France 1916)

• Thomas Adam, New Zealand Engineers-Sapper (killed in Ypres, Belgium 1917)

• Douglas Anderson Peddie, served on the SS Shuntien in Shanghai, China

Kathleen Peddie Pagano