Memorial: M5908

Memorial in St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating Thomas Pike d. 1871 in the wreck of the ‘Zephyr’

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THOMAS PIKE / (OF TOPSHAM, DEVON) / WRECKED OFF KESSINGLAND / FEBRUARY 10 1871 / AGED 42 YEARS / BE YE READY ALSO'

Details

Description: Gothic headstone with rope twist border
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Zephyr

People

Pike, Thomas
Age: 42
Date of Death: 10/2/1871
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: 'Zephyr' was wrecked in a gale when sailing from Hartlepool to Exeter. 'Deaths at Sea' gives Pike's age as 45.

JSON

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