Facebook post #002 (Nov 2019) [tweaked]
Plodding through my family history research today, I found a new cousin, Frederick Peckham, who was apparently master of the SS Umona.
During WWII, 36,749 Merchant Navy seamen and women were lost to enemy action, 5,720 were taken prisoner and 4,707 were wounded, totalling 47,176 casualties, a minimum casualty rate of over 25 percent.
