Fishing

Memorial: M1533

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Mortimer d. 1881

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM MORTIMER / aged 22 / Native of Gt. Bromley / Drowned from a Grimsby Trawler / in the North Sea / Jan 18 1881'

Details

Type: Memorial tile

People

Mortimer, William
Age: 22
Date of Death: 18/1/1881
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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Maritime Memorials