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Memorial: M1704

Gravestone at St Margaret’s Church, Burnham Norton, Norfolk commemorating Captain Richard Woodget, Master of Cutty Sark, d. 1928

Location

St Margaret's Church, Burnham Norton, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / RICHARD WOODGET / MASTER OF THE WOOL CLIPPER / CUTTY SARK / BORN NOVR 21ST 1846 / PASSED ON MARCH 5TH 1928 / R.I.P. / SO HE BRINGETH THEM UNTO / THEIR DESIRED HAVEN ’

Details

Description: With a foul anchor
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Cutty Sark

People

Woodget, Richard
Age: 82
Date of Death: 5/3/1928
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: John Willis & Son

Extra

Notes: Born 21st November 1845 in Docking Norfolk. Son of a farmer, Woodget, made a career in merchant ships.

There is a commemorative plaque on his house in East Harbour Way, Burnham Overy Staithe.
Recorder: C. J. Isaacson 1970
Photographer: P. Lacey

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