Memorial: M4225

Gravestone at St Sampson, Guernsey commemorating William Henry Stephens d. 1871 in the loss of the brig ‘Effort’

Location

St Sampson's Church, St Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / OF / WILLIAM HENRY STEPHENS / MASTER OF THE BRIG EFFORT / WHO PERISHED WITH ALL HANDS / OFF WHITSTABLE / ON / THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY 1871 / AGED 33 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. / Down, down, beneath the deep, / That oft in triumph bore him, / He sleeps a calm and peaceful sleep, / the salt waves dashing o'er him. /THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY HIS BELOVED / AND SORROWING WIDOW'

Details

Description: Circular relief of the shipwrecked brigantine at the top.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone
Vessel: Effort

People

Stephens, William Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 16/1/1871
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'Effort' brigantine of Guernsey foundered off Whitstable between 14 and 16 Jan 1871, with a cargo of stone. Crew of seven.
Bibliography: 'Comet' 28/1/1871 (newspaper); 'David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript).
Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters