Memorial: M4387

Gravestone at Todmorden commemorating Samuel Brooks d. 1904

Location

Graveyard, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'IN / LOVING / MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN. / SAMUEL BROOKS / OF BIRKENHEAD / NAUTICAL ASSESSOR / A / NATIVE / OF TODMORDEN / WHO DIED FEBY 17TH 1904 / AGED 72 YEARS'

Details

Description: Inscription on a rock, an anchor and chain below, waves round the base.
Type: Cross

People

Brooks, Samuel
Age: 72
Date of Death: 17/2/1904
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master. Nautical Assessor
Organisation: Board of Trade

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. This original monument damaged by weather and replaced with a simpler version. Nautical Assessor for the Board of Trade.
Recorder: Samuel Brooks, Wayside, Wrigglesbrook, Kingsthorne, Hereford, HR2 8AW

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