Fishing, Vessel Loss

Memorial: M2231

Memorial at All Saints’ Church, Frostenden, Suffolk commemorating Henry Wigg, d. 1937 in the loss of the drifter ‘Beacon Star’

Location

All Saints’ Church, Frostenden, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Henry Wigg, who was lost off the Cornish Coast in the S.T. 'Beacon Star' disaster, 19 Feb 1937 aged 19 years'

Details

Vessel: Beacon Star

People

Wigg, Henry
Age: 19
Date of Death: 19/2/1937
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd

Extra

Notes: 'Beacon Star' steam drifter, foundered of the Cornish coast 18/19 February 1937.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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