Statue at St Cattwg’s Church, Port Eynon, Swansea of a lifeboatman commemorating three men who died as a result of the capsize of the lifeboat ‘Janet’ in 1916
Location
St Cattwg's Church, Port Eynon, Swansea, Wales
Details
Description: The full-length figure of a lifeboatman on an inscribed plinth.
Type: Statue
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Marble on stone plinth
Vessel: Janet
Type: Statue
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Marble on stone plinth
Vessel: Janet
People
Eynon, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1/11/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Coxswain
Organisation: RNLI
Gibbs, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1/11/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Coxswain
Organisation: RNLI
Harry, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1/11/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation: RNLI
Age:
Date of Death: 1/11/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Coxswain
Organisation: RNLI
Gibbs, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1/11/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Coxswain
Organisation: RNLI
Harry, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1/11/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation: RNLI
Extra
Notes: 'Janet' lifeboat, capsized after going to assist wrecked 'Dunvegan'.
Bibliography: H.M. Tucker 'Gower Gleanings' (Swansea,1951) pp. 69-72; Wynford Vaughan-Thomas 'Portrait of Gower' (London, 1976) pp. 121-123; David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.163 (illustration).
Recorder: Mr P.D. Morgan, 1981
Bibliography: H.M. Tucker 'Gower Gleanings' (Swansea,1951) pp. 69-72; Wynford Vaughan-Thomas 'Portrait of Gower' (London, 1976) pp. 121-123; David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.163 (illustration).
Recorder: Mr P.D. Morgan, 1981