Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Walter Barber d. 1884
Location
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England
Transcript
'WALTER BARBER aged 14 perished with his Father in the smack 'Greyhound' Sept 3 1884 and buried in this churchyard'
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Type: Memorial tile Vessel: Greyhound
People
Barber, Walter Age: 14 Date of Death: 3/9/1884 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: The 'Greyhound' was supposed to have been sunk in a collision whilst carrying oysters from Brightlingsea to Whitstable. Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).
Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Walter Nurse d. 1889
Location
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England
Transcript
'WALTER NURSE aged 29 lost in the Cod Smack 'British Workman' of Grimsby in the North Sea Feb 9th 1889'
Details
Type: Memorial tile Vessel: British Workman
People
Nurse, Walter Age: 29 Date of Death: 9/2/1889 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: 'British Workman' 1867, a Grimsby fishing smack, lost in a gale in February 1889. Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).
Wall tablet in Bethany Baptist Chapel, Cardiff commemorating Rawlins White d. 1555, fisherman and protestant martyr
Location
Bethany Baptist Chapel, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'The noble army of martyrs praise thee. / Near this spot suffered for the truth / March 30th 1555 / Rawlins White / a fisherman / of this town / We shall by God's grace light such a candle / in England as shall never be put out / Erected by two protestants of this town.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
People
White, Rawlins Age: Date of Death: 30/3/1555 Cause of Death: Executed Rank / Occupation: Fisherman Organisation:
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Notes: On the surviving wall of chapel now incorporated within Howell's department store. Rawlins White was burned at the stake during the reign of Mary I.
Gravestone at St Vigean’s Church, Angus commemorating members of the Spink family circa 1805
Location
St Vigean's Church, St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland
Transcript
[Front] 'Erected / by John Spink / Mariner in Auchmithie / Jannet Swankie his / spouse in memory of / three of their children / viz Elizabeth and Mary / who died in infancy / James who died 27 April / 1793 aged 6 years others / Agnes John' [Back] '1805 / We on our bed of rest / Do take our soft repose / Nor are we toss'd by boreas blast / As they that to the ocean go'
Details
Description: Carved with a winged cherub's head above an oval with a fishing boat, anchor and two fish in relief. Type: Gravestone Position: Kirkyard Materials: Sandstone
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Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters