Category Archives: Fishing

Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating George Everett d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'George Everett / aged 34 / lost in the Lugger / 'Mascotte’ / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Mascotte

People

Everett, George
Age: 34
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": "'George Everett / aged 34 / lost in the Lugger / 'Mascotte’ / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'",
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  "categories": ["Fishing","Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Memorial tile",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Mascotte"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Everett, George","age":"34","dateofdeath":"6/3/1883","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Fisherman","organisation":"Unknown"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
}

Fishing

Church of St Margaret the Queen, Buxted, East Sussex, England

Wall tablet at Church of St Margaret the Queen, Buxted, East Sussex commemorating Harry Edward Streeter d. 1886

Location

Church of St Margaret the Queen, Buxted, East Sussex, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF HARRY EDWARD STREETER / ELDEST SON OF EDWIN WILLIAM AND SARAH GRAINGER STREETER / WHO DIED FEB 2TH 1886 HIS 26TH BIRTHDAY WHILST IN CHARGE OF HIS FATHER'S PEARLING FLEET. / HIS BODY RESTS IN FREEMANTLE CHURCHYARD, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THE PARENTS OF THE ABOVE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE:- / SARAH GRAINGER STREETER, / NOVEMBER 21ST. 1918. / EDWIN WILLIAM STREETER, F.R.G.S., M.R.A.S / OCTOBER 11TH 1923 / WHOSE ASHES ARE INTERRED IN THIS CHURCHYARD'

Details

Description: Cartouche-shaped, domed tablet. Palm branches engraved round the edges with depictions of St Peter, John the Baptist, Christ and St Mary.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South Aisle South Wall
Materials: Brass

People

Streeter, Harry Edwin
Age: 26
Date of Death: 24/2/1886
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Plastic base added by PCC 2003. Edwin William Streeter was a jeweller with mining interests in Burma and a pearling fleet in Australia based at Broome. DOSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "id": "M5432",
  "location": "Church of St Margaret the Queen, Buxted, East Sussex, England",
  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF HARRY EDWARD STREETER / ELDEST SON OF EDWIN WILLIAM AND SARAH GRAINGER STREETER / WHO DIED FEB 2TH 1886 HIS 26TH BIRTHDAY WHILST IN CHARGE OF HIS FATHER'S PEARLING FLEET. / HIS BODY RESTS IN FREEMANTLE CHURCHYARD, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THE PARENTS OF THE ABOVE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE:- / SARAH GRAINGER STREETER, / NOVEMBER 21ST. 1918. / EDWIN WILLIAM STREETER, F.R.G.S., M.R.A.S / OCTOBER 11TH 1923 / WHOSE ASHES ARE INTERRED IN THIS CHURCHYARD'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at Church of St Margaret the Queen, Buxted, East Sussex commemorating Harry Edward Streeter d. 1886</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Fishing"],
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    "position": "South Aisle South Wall",
    "materials": "Brass",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Streeter, Harry Edwin","age":"26","dateofdeath":"24/2/1886","causeofdeath":"Infectious disease","rankOccupation":"","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Plastic base added by PCC 2003. Edwin William Streeter was a jeweller with mining interests in Burma and a pearling fleet in Australia based at Broome. DOSSIER",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
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}

Fishing

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Edward Marshall d. 1932

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'EDWARD A D MARSHALL / aged 31 / Lost near Seroi off Norway / In Trawler 'Golden Deeps’ / Nov 6th 1932'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Golden Deeps

People

Marshall, Edward A. D.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 6/11/1932
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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  "location": "All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'EDWARD A D MARSHALL / aged 31 / Lost near Seroi off Norway / In Trawler 'Golden Deeps’ / Nov 6th 1932'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Edward Marshall d. 1932</p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"995\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3961-995x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35120\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3961-995x1024.jpg 995w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3961-292x300.jpg 292w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3961-768x790.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3961.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" /></figure>",
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  "categories": ["Fishing"],
  "details": {
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    "type": "Memorial tile",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
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    "artists": "",
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  "event": {
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    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
}

Fishing, Vessel Loss

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating George Gurney Hall, d. 1936 in the loss of the ‘Shore Breeze’ and A. E. Hall, d. 1943

Location

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'GEORGE GURNEY HALL died Jan 5th 1936 aged 65. Lost on the drifter 'Shore Breeze' of Milford Haven also of ANNE EMMA HALL died March 17th 1950 age 78. Also of JOHN ROBERT died June 18th 1918 aged 6 years 9 months. Also of A. E. HALL seaman on the trawler 'Adonis' died April 15th 1943 aged 26'.

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot 2
Vessel: Shore Breeze, Adonis

People

Hall, George Gurney
Age: 65
Date of Death: 5/1/1936
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown
Hall, A. E.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 15/4/1943
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

JSON

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  "location": "Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'GEORGE GURNEY HALL died Jan 5th 1936 aged 65. Lost on the drifter 'Shore Breeze' of Milford Haven also of ANNE EMMA HALL died March 17th 1950 age 78. Also of JOHN ROBERT died June 18th 1918 aged 6 years 9 months. Also of A. E. HALL seaman on the trawler 'Adonis' died April 15th 1943 aged 26'.",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating George Gurney Hall, d. 1936 in the loss of the ‘Shore Breeze’ and A. E. Hall,  d. 1943</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Fishing","Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Plot 2",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Shore Breeze, Adonis"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Hall, George Gurney","age":"65","dateofdeath":"5/1/1936","causeofdeath":"Maritime accident","rankOccupation":"Unknown","organisation":"Unknown"},{"name":"Hall, A. E.","age":"26","dateofdeath":"15/4/1943","causeofdeath":"Maritime accident","rankOccupation":"Seaman","organisation":"Unknown"}],
  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Fishing, Lifesaving

St Mary's Church, Broadwater, West Sussex, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Broadwater, West Sussex commemorating eleven fisherman drowned in an attempt to save the crew of the ‘Lalla Rookh’ in 1850

Location

St Mary's Church, Broadwater, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'THIS TABLET / IS ERECTED AS A MEMORIAL / OF THE ELEVEN FISHERMEN OF WORTHING, / WHO ON THE 25TH NOVEMBER 1850 / GALLANTLY PUT OFF IN A OPEN BOAT / TO ASSIST A VESSEL; THE LALLA ROOKH, IN DISTRESS / BUT PERISHED IN THEIR HUMANE ATTEMPT / AND ALSO A MEMORIAL/OF THE GREAT MERCY OF THE ALMIGHTY / WHO SO STIRRED THE HEARTS OF THE BENEVOLENT / THAT THE LARGE SUM OF / FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS AND UPWARDS / WAS RAISED AS A RELIEF AND SUPPORT / FOR THE BEREAVED FAMILIES, / AND AS AN ENCOURAGEMENT OF BRAVE EXERTION IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY / LEAVE THY FATHERLESS CHILDREN, I WILL PRESERVE THEM ALIVE / AND LET THY WIDOWS TRUST IN ME JEREMIAH 49, 11 / SORROW NOT, EVEN AS OTHERS WHICH HAVE NO HOPE 1 THESS. 4, 13 / JESUS SAID, I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE; / HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD / YET SHALL HE LIVE JOHN 11, 25 / A DAY IS COMING IN WHICH IT SHALL BE SAID, / THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT REV 20, 13 / THE ELEVEN SUFFERERS WERE / *HENRY BACON AGED 48 YEARS LEAVING A WIDOW AND SIX CHILDREN / *JOHN BELVILLE 49 A WIDOW AND FIVE CHILDREN / *JAMES EDWARDS 46 A WIDOW AND TWO CHILDREN / *STEPHEN EDWARDS 40 A WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN / *WILLIAM HOSKINS 37 A WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN / HENRY NEWMAN AGED 47 A WIDOW AND EIGHT CHILDREN / JOHN NEWMAN 26 A WIDOW AND ONE CHILD / *JAMES NEWMAN SENR AGED 51 A WIDOW AND SEVEN CHILDREN / *JAMES NEWMAN JUNR AGED 21 UNMARRIED / HENRY SLAUGHTER AGED 28 AN AGED FATHER / WILLIAM WICKS AGE 26 AGED PARENTS / THOSE MARKED * ARE BURIED IN THE ADJOINING BURIAL GROUND'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Lalla Rookh

People

Bacon, Henry
Age: 48
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Belville, John
Age: 49
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Edwards, James
Age: 46
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Edwards, Stephen
Age: 40
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Hoskins, William
Age: 37
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Newman, Henry
Age: 47
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Newman, James
Age: 51
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Newman, James
Age: 21
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Newman, James
Age: 21
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Slaughter, Henry
Age: 28
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Wicks, William
Age: 26
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.131; Robb Blann 'A town's pride, Victorian lifeboatmen and their community' (Worthing, 1990) p. 10.

JSON

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  "location": "St Mary's Church, Broadwater, West Sussex, England",
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  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Fishing","Lifesaving"],
  "details": {
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    "position": "",
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    "artists": "",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Fishing

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Frank Armes and William George Harness d. 1936

Location

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'FRANK ARMES husband of MAY died July 18th 1936 aged 35 also of WILLIAM GEORGE HARNESS lost from S.D. 'Justifier' Nov 18th 1936 aged 27'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot 17
Vessel: Justifier

People

Harness, William George
Age: 27
Date of Death: 18/11/1936
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown
Armes, Francis
Age: 35
Date of Death: 18/7/1936
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Net worker
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Frank Armes and William George Harness d. 1936</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Fishing, Vessel Loss

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Charles Armes, d. 1900

Location

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'AMELIA MATILDA wife of CHARLES ARMES died 2 April 1890 aged 29 years also CHARLES GEORGE ARMES son of the above drowned by the sinking of the fishing boat RENOWN after collision with the SS 'Sardinian' 3 December 1900 aged 19 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot 39
Vessel: Renown, SS Sardinian

People

Armes, Charles George
Age: 19
Date of Death: 3/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

JSON

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  "transcript": "'AMELIA MATILDA wife of CHARLES ARMES died 2 April 1890 aged 29 years also CHARLES GEORGE ARMES son of the above drowned by the sinking of the fishing boat RENOWN after collision with the SS 'Sardinian' 3 December 1900 aged 19 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Charles Armes, d. 1900</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Fishing","Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Plot 39",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Renown, SS Sardinian"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Armes, Charles George","age":"19","dateofdeath":"3/12/1900","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Fisherman","organisation":"Unknown"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Walter Crampin d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'WALTER CRAMPIN aged 22 lost in the smack 'Walter & Henry' in the North Sea Dec 12 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Walter and Henry

People

Crampin, Walter
Age: 22
Date of Death: 12/12/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:

Extra

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

JSON

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  "id": "M1531",
  "location": "All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'WALTER CRAMPIN aged 22 lost in the smack 'Walter & Henry' in the North Sea Dec 12 1883'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Walter Crampin d. 1883</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Fishing","Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Memorial tile",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Walter and Henry"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Crampin, Walter","age":"22","dateofdeath":"12/12/1883","causeofdeath":"Vessel loss","rankOccupation":"Fisherman","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating John French d. 1891

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'JOHN FRENCH aged 50 Master of the Smack 'Test' Lost off the Royal Sovereign Shoal November 11 1891'

Details

Vessel: Test

People

French, John
Age: 50
Date of Death: 11/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
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Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

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  "transcript": "'JOHN FRENCH aged 50 Master of the Smack 'Test' Lost off the Royal Sovereign Shoal November 11 1891'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating John French d. 1891</p>",
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Charles Woolgar d. 1874

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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

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'CHARLES WOOLGAR / aged 18 / drowned from the / Smack 'Affiance’ / off Beachy Head, / Oct, 2 1874'

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Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Affiance

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Woolgar, Charles
Age: 18
Date of Death: 2/10/1874
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

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

Photographer: P Lacey

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters