Above:  Chatham Naval Memorial. Chatham, Kent, England.  (Photo courtesy British War Memorial Project http:www.wargraves.org.uk)

Right:  William Peckham and Amelia Elizabeth Newark on their wedding day, December 25, 1915

William Peckham was a stoker aboard the HMS “Cocquette”, a Torpedo Boat Destroyer built in 1897.  It was mined off the east coast of England on March 7, 1916