Sgt. Peacock was serving with 46 Sqdn. He was on patrol over the Thames Estuary in Hurricane I V7232 when he was shot down in combat.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol.1 1939-1941: Norman L.R. Franks; 1997; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 055 9
Men of the North: A Few of The Few; Robert Dixon; Wolf’s Nick Publishing; 2011; ISBN 9781466446830
William Albert Peacock is remembered at West Hartlepool on W111.55
