Memorial: M4020

Gravestone at St Hilda’s Church, South Shields commemorating William Wouldhave d. 1821

Location

St Hilda's Church, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Transcript

'ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1921', 'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM WOULDHAVE, / WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 28TH; 1821, AGED 70 YEARS, / Clerk of this Church and Inventor of the Invaluable Blessing to Mankind/THE LIFEBOAT, / Heaven genius scientific gave / surpassing vulgar boast, yet he from soil / so rich, no golden harvest reaped, no wreath / of laurel glean'd. None but the sailor's heart: / Nor that ingrate, of palm unfading this, / Til shipwrecks cease or life-boats cease to save / Hannah Wouldhave / wife of the above / who died March 28th 1824 / aged 78 years'

Details

Description: Laid horizontal. Carved with a lifeboat.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Granite
Date Erected: 1921

People

Wouldhave, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1821
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Life boat designer
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Also commemorated by clock tower on seafront.
Bibliography: John Gilmore 'Storm Warriors, life boat work on the Goodwin Sands' (London, 1874) p. 26.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters