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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Charles Cann d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'CHARLES CANN / aged 35 / [Master] / lost in the Smack 'Recruit’ / the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Recruit

People

Cann, Charles
Age: 35
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'CHARLES CANN / aged 35 / [Master] / lost in the Smack 'Recruit’ / the North Sea / March 6 1883'",
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    "vessel": "Recruit"  },
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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Charles Barber d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'CHARLES BARBER / aged 23 / lost in the Smack / 'Conquest’ / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Conquest

People

Barber, Charles
Age: 23
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'CHARLES BARBER / aged 23 / lost in the Smack / 'Conquest’ / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'",
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Fishing

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Everett d. 1893

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM EVERETT / aged 49 / drowned off Edithburgh / Australia / July 20 1893. / and buried at Edithburg'

Details

Type: Memorial tile

People

Everett, William
Age: 49
Date of Death: 20/7/1893
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Thought to have been knocked overboard by the boom while gutting fish on board his vessel.

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'WILLIAM EVERETT / aged 49 / drowned off Edithburgh / Australia / July 20 1893. / and buried at Edithburg'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Everett d. 1893</p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"957\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4065-1024x957.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45468\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4065-1024x957.jpg 1024w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4065-300x280.jpg 300w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4065-768x718.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4065.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /></figure>",
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    "notes": "Thought to have been knocked overboard by the boom while gutting fish on board his vessel.<br />",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
}

Fishing

St Vigean's Church, St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland

Gravestone at St Vigean’s Church, Angus commemorating James Spink d. 1844

Location

St Vigean's Church, St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland

Transcript

'Erected by MARY BEATTIE in memory of her husband JAMES SPINK, fisherman who died 13th Oct 1845 aged 44 years and two of their children JAMES and JEAN who died in infancy and JANE who died 19th April 1864 aged 20 years. The above MARY BEATTIE died 7th May 1894 aged 54 years. JANE CARGILL wife of DAVID SPINK died at Auchmithie 16th Oct 1916 aged 76 years, the above DAVID SPINK died 18th Feb 1919 aged 80 years.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Kirkyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Spink, James
Age: 47
Date of Death: 19/7/1848
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Tay Valley Family History Society 'St Vigeans Kirkyard Monumental Inscriptions' (1998).

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Erected by MARY BEATTIE in memory of her husband JAMES SPINK, fisherman who died 13th Oct 1845 aged 44 years and two of their children JAMES and JEAN who died in infancy and JANE who died 19th April 1864 aged 20 years. The above MARY BEATTIE died 7th May 1894 aged 54 years. JANE CARGILL wife of DAVID SPINK died at Auchmithie 16th Oct 1916 aged 76 years, the above DAVID SPINK died 18th Feb 1919 aged 80 years.'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Vigean’s Church, Angus commemorating James Spink d. 1844</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Fishing"],
  "details": {
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Tay Valley Family History Society 'St Vigeans Kirkyard Monumental Inscriptions' (1998).",
    "recorder": "",
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}

Fishing

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Mortimer d. 1881

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM MORTIMER / aged 22 / Native of Gt. Bromley / Drowned from a Grimsby Trawler / in the North Sea / Jan 18 1881'

Details

Type: Memorial tile

People

Mortimer, William
Age: 22
Date of Death: 18/1/1881
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "id": "M1533",
  "location": "All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'WILLIAM MORTIMER / aged 22 / Native of Gt. Bromley / Drowned from a Grimsby Trawler / in the North Sea / Jan 18 1881'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Mortimer d. 1881</p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3989-992x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45059\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3989-992x1024.jpg 992w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3989-291x300.jpg 291w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3989-768x792.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3989.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" /></figure>",
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    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
}

Fishing

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating James Burgess d. 1907

Location

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'JAMES CHARLES BURGESS died on board the steam drifter 'Retriever' Nov 20th 1907 aged 53. Also of his wife MARY REID BURGESS died Feb. 10th 1938 aged 82'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot 18
Vessel: Retriever

People

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Extra

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating James Burgess d. 1907</p>",
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Fishing

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Alfred Oliver d. 1908

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Alfred Oliver / Aged 32 / Drowned from Smack / 'Matchless’ / in Portsmouth Harbour / April 3rd 1908. / Buried in this Churchyard'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Matchless

People

Oliver, Alfred
Age: 32
Date of Death: 3/4/1908
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Alfred Oliver / Aged 32 / Drowned from Smack / 'Matchless’ / in Portsmouth Harbour / April 3rd 1908. / Buried in this Churchyard'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Alfred Oliver d. 1908</p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3940-1-807x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35036\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3940-1-807x1024.jpg 807w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3940-1-237x300.jpg 237w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3940-1-768x974.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3940-1.jpg 1733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" /></figure>",
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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Frostenden, Suffolk, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Frostenden, Suffolk commemorating Lewis Seaman, d. 1936 in the loss of the ‘Shore Breeze’

Location

All Saints Church, Frostenden, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Lewis Charles Edward Seaman, who was lost at sea off Milford Haven with the steam drifter 'Shore Breeze' 5th Jan 1936 aged 35'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Shore Breeze

People

Seaman, Lewis Charles Edward
Age: 35
Date of Death: 5/1/1936
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Steam drifter 'Shore Breeze' foundered 5/1/1936.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1967

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Lewis Charles Edward Seaman, who was lost at sea off Milford Haven with the steam drifter 'Shore Breeze' 5th Jan 1936 aged 35'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at All Saints Church, Frostenden, Suffolk commemorating Lewis Seaman, d. 1936 in the loss of the ‘Shore Breeze’</p>",
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    "notes": "Steam drifter 'Shore Breeze' foundered 5/1/1936.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1967",
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}

Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating John Nurse d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'JOHN NURSE / aged 28 / lost in the Smack / ‘Recruit’. / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Recruit

People

Nurse, John
Age: 28
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: 'Recruit' was one of three Brightlingsea fishing vessels lost off the island of Terschelling, West Frisian, Netherlands, in 1883.

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'JOHN NURSE / aged 28 / lost in the Smack / ‘Recruit’. / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'",
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    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
}

Fishing

Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England

Gravestone at Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough commemorating Charles Middleton Maw d. 1883

Location

Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'In affectionate remembrance of / CHARLES MIDDLETON MAW / OF SCARBOROUGH / WHO WAS KILLED ON BOARD THE SMACK / CROWN POINT OCTOBER 23rd 1883 / AGED 24 YEARS. / FAREWELL DEAR WIFE AND CHILDREN ALL / FAREWELL MY SHIPMATES FAREWELL ALL'

Details

Description: A smack carved in relief.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Grave E23.4
Vessel: Crown Point

People

Maw, Charles Middleton
Age: 24
Date of Death: 23/10/1883
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Married to Christiana Cook during the first quarter of 1881 and they had two children Alfred b. 4/5/1881 + Frances b. 1883. Recorder's great grandfather through Alfred. DOSSIER. Killed in accident with steam winch.
Bibliography: 'Scarborough Gazette' 25 October 1883.
Recorder: Mr R.B. Scanlon

JSON

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    "notes": "Married to Christiana Cook during the first quarter of 1881 and they had two children Alfred b. 4/5/1881 + Frances b. 1883. Recorder's great grandfather through Alfred. DOSSIER. Killed in accident with steam winch.",
    "bibliography": "'Scarborough Gazette' 25 October 1883.",
    "recorder": "Mr R.B. Scanlon",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters