Fishing, Vessel Loss

Memorial: M3040

Memorial in St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Robert Sterry d.1807 and Robert Sterry d.1806

Location

St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of ROBERT STERRY fish mercht / who unfortunately drowned with all his crew / May 29th 1807 aged 40 years / in his religious duties he was steady and attentive/in his worldly occupations regular and honest / and in his domestic kind and indulgent / Also to the memory of ROBT STERRY eldest son of the above, aged 10 years, who was unfortunately lost / by the boat upsetting the year before / Reader! Be mindful of the uncertainty of human / life from the untimely end of those unfortunate / persons and immediately examine into thine own state. The afflicted widow and mother of the above / erected this tablet as a tribute of her sincerest / affection'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

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Extra

Bibliography: Hugh D.W. Lees 'Chronicles of a Suffolk Parish Church: Lowestoft St Margaret' (Lowestoft, 1949).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters