| Surname | Quinn | |||
| First Name(s) | Peter | |||
| Place of Birth | Sunderland | |||
| Club(s) | Bank Head Albion Blackpool Spennymoor United | |||
| Service | British Army | |||
| Rank | Sergeant | |||
| Service Number | 357193 | |||
| Previous Service Number(s) | - | |||
| Regiment or Corps | King's (Liverpool Regiment) | |||
| Unit (s) | 1/10th (Scottish) Battalion | |||
| Previous Regiment(s) or Corps | - | |||
| Unit(s) | - | |||
| Type of Casualty (If applicable) | - | |||
| Theatre of War (If applicable) | - | |||
| Date of Death (If applicable) | - | |||
| Place of Death (If applicable) | - | |||
| Place of Burial/Commemoration (If applicable) | - | |||
| Grave/Memorial Reference (If applicable) | - | |||
| Grave Photograph | - | |||
| Awards and Decorations | Military Medal and Bar | |||
| Citation(s) | Military Medal: 357193 Pte. P. Quinn, L'pool R. (Sunderland). (The London Gazette, Supplement 30312, 25 September 1917.) Bar to Military Medal: 357193 Sjt. P. Quinn, L'pool R. (Sunderland). (The London Gazette, Supplement 30940, 4 October 1918.) "For exceptional bravery on 13th April near Festubert. He moved across the open and under extremely heavy shell fire placing men in disconnected machine gun posts; though buried once and badly shaken, he remained at duty, cheering up the men under very trying conditions, and keeping up connection with the remainder of the Company" | |||
| Supplementary Notes | From 'The Liverpool Scottish 1900-1919' by A. M. McGilchrist: 'Serjeant P. Quinn, M.M., of "V” Company, also had his share of excitement. He ran into a German patrol but managed to shoot the officer and get away untouched." P. 227. | |||
