William Frederick George Peek

A Master with the tug S. S. Aid (London). William died on 29th of November 1940 at the age of 25. 

William was born at Lowestoft on 1 September 1914, a son of William Henry Peek and of Elizabeth Charlotte Peek. He was baptised at Saint Peter's Church, Kirkley, on 30 October 1914 and his family lived at 12 John Street, Lowestoft. Later his family lived at Kendal House, Kendal Road, Lowestoft.

William married Gertrude Muriel Littlewood, of Great Yarmouth, at Great Yarmouth in 1937. 

In December 1938 William was the Mate of the Lowestoft trawler Adele, fishing in the Irish Sea, when a radio message was broadcast, via the shipping forecast, to say that his wife Gertrude, who was in hospital and in labour, was gravely ill. The trawler immediately headed for Milford Haven, where it arrived twelve hours later. A taxi rushed him to Swansea so that he could take the train for Lowestoft, but, sadly, he arrived too late. See: Dundee Evening Telegraph 30 December 1938, page 1 and other national newspapers. 

William died when his tug was attacked and sunk by enemy action about eight miles off Start Point, Devon. Five members of the crew were killed.