Leonard Emmanuel Peek

An Engineman with H.M. Drifter Girl Gracie, Leonard died on 14th of September 1918 at the age of 29. 

Leonard was born at Lowestoft on 1 May 1889, a son of Benjamin William and Jane Elizabeth Peek. Leonard was baptised at Saint John's Church, Lowestoft, on 22 May 1889. His family lived at 2 Tethey Place, West Raglan Street. In 1891 their address was 63 West Raglan Street. In 1901 his family lived at 130 Saint Leonard's Road, Kirkley, and by 1911 at 22 Beaconsfield Road.

On 26 December 1912 Leonard married Violet Beatrice Woolner at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. Leonard was a fisherman living at 22 Beaconsfield Head, Kirkley, and Violet lived at 62 Cambridge Road. Later their address was 66 Worthing Road, Lowestoft.

Leonard joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 14 September 1915 and served with the drifter Girl Gracie. He was reported missing in connection with the loss of his drifter in the Adriatic on 15 May 1917 in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto. By August 1917 he was reported to be a prisoner of war in Austria.

Leonard died from pneumonia and typhus at Feldbach Lager, Striermark, Austria.