On Tower Hill Memorial, London is the name of Second Mate James Pepler serving on S.S. Therese Heymann with the Mercantile Marine who died 25/12/1914.

He was the husband of Margaret A. Pepler, of 6, Queen’s Crescent, Sunderland. He had been born in London.

In Sunderland (Ryhope Road) Cemetery is a family headstone, which reads:

At Rest.

In loving memory of
William Lance,
beloved husband of Margaret Ann Shelgar
drowned off Roker, Sept 18th 1891, aged 30 years.

Also Cissie, daughter of the above,
who died Dec. 31st 1902, aged 15 years & 9 months.

Also Thomas Tinmouth Snelgar,
son of the above, who died in
Mesopotamia July 11 1917, aged 32 years.

Also James,
beloved husband of Margaret Ann Pepler
lost at sea through enemy action
on Dec.25th 1914, in the S.S. Therese Heymann
aged 50 years.

Also the above
Margaret Ann Pepler
who died Jany. 22nd 1942, aged 82 years.

 James Pepler  is remembered at Sunderland in S140.48 Part 8 page 176 as Peplar and in our List of Ships’ Crews.