Vessel Loss

Memorial: M1513

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Gilbert d. 1917

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'William Gilbert / Aged 26 / Lost from H.M. / Patrol Yacht 'Zarefah’ / off the Scotch coast / May 8 1916'.

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: HMY Zarefah

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Gilbert, William
Age: 26
Date of Death: 8/5/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation: Mercantile Maritime Reserve

Extra

Notes: Minesweeper HMY 'Zarefah' mined 8 May 1917 off Orkney. The tile states 1916, rather than 1917. There is a memorial at Plymouth to 10 Mercantile Maritime Reserves who died on Zarefah, including William Gilbert.

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

Photographer: P Lacey

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