Memorial: M1612

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Hazell W Downes d. 1873

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

‘HAZELL W DOWNES / aged 15 / drowned from the / Yacht 'Sylph’ / off Greenhithe / Dec, 23 1873'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Sylph

People

Downes, Hazell
Age: 15
Date of Death: 23/12/1873
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Yacht crew
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Elspeth McAdam 'Peril on the Sea’, 'Family Tree' vol. 5, p. 30 (Jan 1989). Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

Photographer: P Lacey
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