Memorial: M3685

Memorial in St Laurence’s Church, Ramsgate, Kent commemorating Robert Woolward d. 1903

Location

St Laurence's Church, Ramsgate, Kent, England

Transcript

'This marks the wreck of Robert Woolward who sailed the seas for fifty-five years. When Resurrection gun fires, the wreck will be raised by the Angelic Salvage Co. surveyed and if found worthy, refitted and started on the voyage to Eternity'

Details

People

Woolward, Robert
Age: 77 years
Date of Death: 30/8/1903
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Author of 'Nigh on Sixty Years at Sea'.
Bibliography: Frederick Burgess 'English Churchyard Memorials' (London, 1979) p. 238

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