WW1 & WW2 Medal Group belonging to RAF ACE Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Fisher Peiler, OBE, ED (Former CO of CGG 1939-42)

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Musée Canadian Grenadier Guards Museum

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WW1 & WW2 Medal Group belonging to RFC ACE Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Fisher Peiler, OBE, ED and Former Commanding Officer of The Canadian Grenadier Guards (1939 - 1942) Not only an RFC Ace with 7 Victories, a WW1 P.O.W., but a "Golden age" Hollywood connected CGG decorated Officer of the highest caliber who served in both World Wars. Maurice Fisher Peiler was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 4 Jan 1897 to Hermann Louis Peiler and Bertha Maria Fisher. He was an office worker at the time of his enlistment in 1917, with registration n° 74151. On September 22, 1917, Maurice Fisher Peiler was appointed "Temporary 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)" and on November 12 Peiler, "General List", became "Flying Officer" and was confirmed in his rank. On December 1, 1918, Peiler was posted to ‘No. 43 Squadron ’. He was shot down at Weincourt in the Somme and taken prisoner on April 6, 1918 after having won seven victories. Maurice Fisher Peiler married Marion Jean Gall. He passed away on 26. Apr 1972 in Ganges, British Columbia, Canada. Hollywood connection: A cousin, Douglas Graham Shearer, from Westmount, Quebec was a Hollywood Oscar award winning sound designer at the "Metro Goldwyn Meyer" and won seven Oscars, (for best sound mix or best special effects). Source: Book titled "Abbaye Notre-Dame de Beaupré-sur-la-Lys, des Hommes sur les terres ...... et les chemins des Dames (1914 - 1918)" written by Sergi Comini

Created By

Bertille L. Hurel

Create Date

July 14, 2022

Updated By

Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

Update Date

November 21, 2024