Memorial: M881

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery commemorating Captain Robert S. Wilson d. 1879

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In affectionate remembrance of Captain ROBERT S. WILSON, aged 36 years, who was drowned in the foundering of the steamship 'CITY OF LONDON', during the voyage from London to New York, November 1879'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: P353
Vessel: SS City of London

People

Wilson, Robert S.
Age: 36
Date of Death: 11/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Inman Line

Extra

Recorder: Martin Davies 1985

JSON

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