Memorial at Larpool cemetery, Whitby commemorating lifeboat coxswain Harry Freeman d. 1904
Location
Larpool cemetery, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'HENRY FREEMAN / DIED 13TH DECEMBER 1904 / AGED 69 YEARS. / ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE / WHITBY LIFEBOAT DISASTER / 0F 1861. / COXSWAIN OF THE WHITBY LIFEBOAT / 1877 * 1899 / DURING HIS SERVICE HE HELPED TO SAVE / OVER THREE HUNDRED LIVES.'
Details
Description: A Yorkshire coble incised above the inscription. Type: Gravestone Materials: granite Date Erected: 1986
People
Freeman, Henry Age: 69 Date of Death: 13/12/1904 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat coxswain; fisherman Organisation: RNLI
Extra
Notes: Erected with funds raised by the pupils of Whitby school. It does not record Freeman's two wives buried in the same grave. Bibliography: Ian Minter and Ray Shill 'Storm Warrior: The Turbulent life of Harry Freeman' (Sutton Coldfield, 1991,)p. 222.
Memorial at Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough commemorating Frederick Harrison d. 1945, Ernest Harrison d. 1940 and George Frederick Harrison d. 1959
Location
Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'In loving memory of FREDERICK HARRISON trawler owner Born December 6th 1877. Died August 30 1945, also his beloved wife Isabella Margaret, born June 20th 1876. Died July 26th 1949 and of ERNEST their son, Master Mariner. Born May 19th 1903. Lost at sea by enemy action January 6th 1940. Also George Frederick Harrison Trawler Owner, Born January 6th 1902. Died May 4th 1959 and his wife Bertha Madeline. Born October 7th 1900. Died March 19 1978'
Details
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Harrison, Frederick Age: Date of Death: 30/8/1945 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Trawler owner Organisation: Harrison, Ernest Age: Date of Death: 6/1/1940 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation: Harrison, George Frederick Age: Date of Death: 4/5/1959 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Trawler owner Organisation:
Memorial at Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough commemorating Samual Ward Normandale d. 1920 in the loss of the SS ‘Strathord’
Location
Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'SAMUEL WARD NORMANDALE beloved husband of Eliza Normandale [skipper] of the S.S. STRATHORD who was lost with all hands Feb 23rd 1920 aged 30'
Details
Vessel: SS Strathord
People
Normandale, Samuel Ward Age: 32 Date of Death: 23/2/1920 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Trawlerman Organisation: Aberdeen Steam Trawling And Fishing Co
Extra
Notes: 'Strathord' a fishing trawler sunk by a mine in the North Sea with the loss of all nine crew. Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1980
Memorial in St Michael’s Church, Beer, Devon, England commemorating Edward Good d. 1804
Location
St Michael's Church, Beer, Devon, England
Transcript
'Near this Place lie the remains / of EDWARD GOOD / Late an industrious Fisherman / who Left to the Vicar and Churchwardens / for the Time being and their Successors for Ever / TWENTY POUNDS in TRUST / for the Poor of this Parish / The Interest to be distirbuted [sic] annually / at Christmas in the Proportion of / Two thirds at BEER and one at SEATON. / He died November 7th 1804 / in the 67th Year of his Age.'
Details
Description: Circular plaque with engraved text, etched in black. The word "distirbuted" is a spelling error in the original text. Type: Wall tablet Position: Interior Materials: Stone
People
Good, Edward Age: 67 Date of Death: 7/11/1804 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Fisherman Organisation: Unknown
Gravestone at St Stephen’s Old Church, Fylingthorpe commemorating Jacob Bedlington d. 1834
Location
St Stephen's Old Church, Fylingthorpe, East Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'To the / memory of / JACOB BEDLINGTON / Fisherman who died/the 14th June 1834 / aged 82 years / Blessed are the dead / which die in the Lord / They [rest?] from their labours / And their works do follow them / Also three children who died / in their infancy / Also ELIZABETH his wife who / died / December 6th 1841 / aged 89 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: North Yorkshire
People
Bedlington, Jacob Age: 82 Date of Death: 14/6/1834 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Fisherman Organisation:
Gravestone at All Saints Church, Hastings commemorating smuggler Joseph Swain d. 1821
Location
All Saints Church, Hastings, East Sussex, England
Transcript
‘This Stone / Sacred to the memory of / JOSEPH SWAIN Fisherman / was created at the expense of / the members of the friendly Society of Hastings / in commiseration of his cruel and untimely / death and as a record of the pblic indignation / at the needless and sanguinary violence of / which he was the unoffending Victim. He / was shot by Geo. England, one of the / Sailors employ’d in the Coast blockade / Service in open day on the 13th March 1821 and almost instantly expir’d in the / twenty / -ninth year of his age, leaving a Widow and / five small children to lament his loss.’
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard
People
Swain, Joseph Age: 29 Date of Death: 13/3/1821 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Fishern Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Shot on the beach by an officer of the coast blockade instituted to stop smuggling.
