Peter, Alistair Gordon
Captain Alastair Gordon Peter, M.C., R.A.M.C., died of wounds on July 5th. He was the youngest son of the late Mr. John Peter, factor to Lord Lovat, and was educated at King's College London and at Aberdeen University where he graduated as M.A. in 1898. and M.B. and Ch.B., in 1903. He took the M.R.C.S.and L.R.C.P. Lond. in 1907, and the D.P.H. at Cambridge in 1910. After serving as assistant medical superintendent of the St. Pancras Infirmary at Highgate, as assistant medical officer of the Brook and Grove hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylum Board, and as bacteriologist and deputy medical officer of health to the borough of Croydon, he went into practice at Inverness, till he took a temporary commission in the R.A.M.C. British Medical Journal 21 July 1917
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Peter |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Alistair Gordon |
| Family details | Son of Margaret Peter and of the late John Peter, of Monaliadh, Inverness |
| College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
| Qualifications | M.A., M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. |
| Military unit | R.A.M.C.; Seaforth Highlanders 1st/6th Battn. |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Decorations / medals | M.C. |
| Date of death | 5 July 1917 |
| Age at death | 40 |
| Rank at death | Captain |
| Burial place | Canada Farm Cemetery, Belgium |
| Commemoration(s) | King's College Chapel |
| Notes | Native of Beauly, Inverness-shire. |
| Sources | King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal |