Vessel Loss

Memorial: M862

Memorial in Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Charles Thomas Potbury d. 1873, lost with all hands in SS ‘Grecian’.

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of Richard Potbury, of this city, formerly of Plymouth, Devon, who died 25th. January 1866. Also of his son, CHARLES THOMAS, aged 52 years, who sailed from this port in the S.S. 'GRECIAN', on the 29th January 1873, and was lost with all on board in the Bay of Biscay'

Details

Vessel: SS Grecian

People

Potbury, Charles Thomas
Age: 52
Date of Death: 1873
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Martin Davies 1985

JSON

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