Vessel Loss

Memorial: M1472

Memorial tile at All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, commemorating Elvin N. Frostick d. 1891

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'ELVIN N. FROSTICK / aged 23 / Lost in the steamer / 'Rossend Castle’ / In the Bay of Biscay / November 11 1891'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Materials: Ceramic
Vessel: Rossend Castle

People

Frostick, Elvin
Age: 23
Date of Death: 11/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Stephens & Mawson

Extra

Notes: 'Rossend Castle' disappeared on a voyage from Sulina to Bristol with grain, last seen at Gibraltar on the 7/11/1891.

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

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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