Headstone at Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar commemorating Robert Harkes d. 1877, lifeboatman
Location
Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / ROBERT HARKES / WHO WAS DROWNED BY THE CAPSIZING / OF THE LIFEBOAT 13TH OCTOBER 1877 / AGED 36 YEARS / THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP THE DEAD THAT ARE IN IT / ALSO HIS WIFE / ELIZABETH DOBSON WHO DIED / 18TH MARCH 1896 AGED 59 YEARS / ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY / OF OUR DEAR PARENTS / WILLIAM ALEXANDER HARKESS / YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED 18th JAN. 1941 AGED 64 / AND HIS BELOVED WIFE / MARION TEAR HARKES / WHO DIED 5th JAN 1950 AGED 72 / ALSO OF JANE McKINLAY HARKESS / BELOVED WIFE OF ALEXr DOUGLAS LAING / AND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED 11th APRIL 1954 AGED 82 YEARS / AND OF THE ABOVE / ALEXANDER DOUGLAS LAING / WHO DIED 28th DECEMBER 1960 AGED 89 YEARS / AND OF THOMAS TEAR HARKESS / BELOVED YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM & MARION / DIED 5th MAY 1976 AGED 56 YEARS'
Details
Position: Churchyard 30 yards north west of church
Materials: Grey sandstone
People
Age: 36
Date of Death: 13/10/1877
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat coxswain
Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: 'Scotsman' (Oct 15 1877).
Recorder: John Steele 1988