The brave Allied troops that stormed the beach at Normandy on D-Day were considered courageous heroes. Now, one of these brave World War II veterans has passed away due to mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer linked to asbestos exposure. James Peacock was 86 years old when he passed away last July. Now, a coroner’s inquest has investigated the mesothelioma-related death.

York, England coroner Donald Coverdale presided over the inquest. It was revealed that Peacock worked after the war for Henry Foster Building Products, which later became Ferguson Industrial Holdings. A statement written by Peacock just before his death was read. “We used to take delivery of asbestos sheets measuring 8ft by 4ft. We usually had to get into the back of the truck to move the sheets. They were quite heavy and usually two of us would move them, but there was always quite a lot of dust,” the statement said. The statement also revealed that Peacock would leave work covered in asbestos dust, and would launder his work clothes at home.

A post-mortem examination revealed that at the time of his death, Peacock had 25,000 asbestos fibers per gram of lung tissue. This amount is considered fairly low, but is high enough to link his mesothelioma to his post-war work environment. Coroner Coverdale has recorded Peacock’s death as death by industrial disease.

Jennifer McNally, who is Mr. Peacock’s daughter, is now concerned that she and her family might have been exposed to asbestos as well. She remembers hugging him while he wore his work overalls. She plans to sue the insurers of the now-defunct Ferguson Industrial Holdings.

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