Memorial: M1530

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
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