Recreation

Memorial: M1601

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating George Leonard Mackeon d. 1898

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'George Leonard Mackeon / Drowned from Yacht / 'Ailsa' in Start Bay / Aug 27 1898 aged 32 / Buried in this Churchyard'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Ailsa

People

Mackeon, George Leonard
Age: 32
Date of Death: 27/8/1898
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Yacht crew
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