Memorial: M4596

Memorial at St Mark’s Church, Liverpool commemorating Alfred Grocott d. 1859 in the wreck of the ‘Lady Head’

Location

St Mark's Church, Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Alfred Grocott- son of John Cooper Grocott and Charlotte lost in the wreck of the Lady Head in Kromme Bay near Cape St Francis Lat 34 long 25, 20 April 1859 aged 18. There is sorry [sic] [sorrow?] on the sea, It cannot be quiet'

Details

Vessel: Lady Head

People

Grocott, Alfred
Age: 18
Date of Death: 20/4/1859
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 3, p. 594. Church demolished in 1913.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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