Gravestone at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island commemorating eleven of the crew of the SS ‘Holmbrook’ wrecked nearby in 1892
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island, Northumberland, England
Transcript
'Erected / TO THE MEMORY OF ELEVEN OF THE / CREW OF THE HOLMBROOK S.S. WHO / LOST THEIR LIVES THROUGH THE / VESSEL BEING WRECKED ON THE / FALSE EMANUEL HEAD, HOLY ISLAND, / 26 MARCH 1892, OF WHOM ARE BURIED HERE:- / W B BAINES MASTER, / JAMES SKINNER, / JOHN JAMES, / A WILKINSON, / WM. TAYLOR, / W H ROBSON, / S HAGGERSTON, / H R GUTHRIE AND ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED / JOHN NYE'
Details
Description: Gothic shape with rope twist border, carved with an anchor above the inscription.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: SS Holmbrook
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: SS Holmbrook
People
Baines, W. B.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Guthrie, H. R.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Haggerston, S.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
James, John
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Nye, John
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Robson, W. H.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Skinner, James
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Taylor, William
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Wilkinson, A.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Guthrie, H. R.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Haggerston, S.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
James, John
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Nye, John
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Robson, W. H.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Skinner, James
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Taylor, William
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Wilkinson, A.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Extra
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970