"Some of my troop leaders were older than I was. The most impressive was Peter Walter, in normal life an actor...... He looked out upon the world with humour toughened but never made cynical by the repertory circuit, with a smiling. reassuring kindness and helpfulness. His high competence included - surprisingly for one of his profession - skill as a mechanic together with a willing readiness to get his hands dirty. I never once saw him lose his temper, always a smile whatever his physical discomfort." 'Monkey Business - The Memoirs of General Sir Cecil Blacker', page 54.
"Having sent the sole surviving troop back behind the railway, Peter now tried to do what he could for the wounded, administering morphine and fixing shell dressings. His task was not made any easier by a useless left hand, a burnt face and heavy shellfire, but so many were in a worse case that he ignored his own troubles." 'Monkey Business - The Memoirs of General Sir Cecil Blacker', page 76.
"Peter Walter was awarded an immediate Distinguished Service Order. If the full story had been known at the time it should have been the Victoria Cross." 'Monkey Business - The Memoirs of General Sir Cecil Blacker', page 79.
Peter's wife, Victoria Hopper, was a leading lady in prewar British cinema. During the war she sang, danced and acted in France and at RAF stations with the Central RAF Band. She was born May 24 1909 in Vancouver and died 22 Jan 2007 in St Mary in the Marsh, Kent, aged 97.
Peter is on the list of those who attended the 23H reunion in 1959.