Recreation

Memorial: M1598

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Ernest James Wheeler d. 1944

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

‘ERNEST ARTHUR WHEELER / 47 / OF YACHT “WESTWARD” / DROWNED IN RIVER DART / 19 NOV. 1944'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Westward (yacht)

People

Wheeler, Ernest James
Age: 47
Date of Death: 19/11/1944
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Yacht crew
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Yacht 'Westward' 1910. She was laid up at Dartmouth during the Second World War following the death of her owner, Thomas Benjamin Frederick Davis (1867-1942).

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

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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