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
Vessel: Recruit
People
Nurse, John
Age: 28
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown
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
Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)
Photographer: P Lacey