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Summary
Close up view of the plaque present on the monument to Thomas Peck Hunter VC outside Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh.

The inscription reads: "C PL . THOMAS PECK HUNTER VC

ROYAL MARINES 43 RD. COMMANDO

FORMERLY A MEMBER OF THE STAFF

OF MESSRS WADDIE & C O. L TD. AND OF

2 ND BATT. EDINBURGH HOME GUARD

UNTIL CALLED UP FOR SERVICE IN 1942

During an attack on strongly fortified

German positions on the Canale di Valetta

Italian Front he sacrificed his life to save

those of many of his comrades by his

prompt action and fearless courage which

won for himself posthumously the award

of the first Victoria Cross granted to the

Royal Marines in the World War of 1939-1945

EDUCATED AT STENHOUSE AND TYNECASTLE SCHOOLS

MEMBER OF 67 TH. COMPANY BOYS' BRIGADE

"Greater Love hath no man than this""