Wall tablet at Dunbar Parish Church commemorating Lieutenant Sydenham Wylde RN and five seamen of the coastguard, who died in 1845 during a lifesaving attempt.
Location
Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUT. SYDENHAM WYLDE, R.N.; / WILLIAM LUCAS, / CHIEF BOATMAN / OF THE COASTGUARD SERVICE; / PETER DARG, / DAVID DARG, / WILLIAM MILLER / AND WILLIAM CLEMENTS SEAMEN / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / ON THE 20TH AUGUST 1845 / IN BRAVELY AND DEVOTEDLY / BUT ALAS! UNSUCCESSFULLY / ENDEAVOURING TO RESCUE A WRECKED FISHERMAN / FROM A ROCK / AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE HARBOUR / THIS TABLET / WAS ERECTED BY THE COMMUNITY / OF DUNBAR AND VICINITY'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Western boundary wall of the churchyard
Materials: Limestone
Position: Western boundary wall of the churchyard
Materials: Limestone
People
Clements, William
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Darg, David
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Darg, Peter
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Lucas, William
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief boatman
Organisation: Coastguard
Miller, William
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Wylde, Sydenham
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Darg, David
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Darg, Peter
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Lucas, William
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief boatman
Organisation: Coastguard
Miller, William
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Wylde, Sydenham
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: James Miller 'The History of Dunbar, from the earliest records to the present time, with a description of the ancient castles and picturesque scenary on the borders of East Lothian' (Dunbar,1859) pp. 213, 301-3; 'The Scotsman' (23 August 1845).
Recorder: John Steele 1988; Bryan Hughes
Photographer: Juliette Fleming
Recorder: John Steele 1988; Bryan Hughes
Photographer: Juliette Fleming