Lieutenant Thomas Peyton, No.2 Commando kia 28/3/1942 St Nazaire

Lieutenant Thomas Peyton, 6 troop, was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later confirmed killed in action. He has no known grave. Son of Ivor Eliot Peyton and Dorothy Helen Peyton, of Englemere Wood, Berkshire.
Thomas Grenville Pitt Peyton was educated at Eton College between 1934 and 1939. In 1940 he volunteered for No.5 Independent Company and later joined No.2 Commando. In 1942 he was Section Officer of the 6 Troop commando contingent on motor launch ML192 tasked to assault the old entrance at St. Nazaire, France, however on the approach their boat was hit by a large shell causing an explosion. All but 5 of the Commandos including Tom, aged just 20, were lost.
 
In Memory of 112912 Lieutenant Thomas Grenville Pitt Peyton
King's Royal Rifle Corps and No.2 Commando
who died on 28 March 1942 age 20
Remembered with honour at the Brookwood Memorial.

Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Achives files WO417/2 and WO417/3.
St Nazaire Society website / James Dorrian.
[Image] Permission of Eton College; image from their Roll of Honour