Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating James Sterry, James William Sterry and John Page Sterry, d.1836 in the loss of the ‘Lady Nelson’
Location
St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'James STERRY, master mariner also James William and John Page STERRY his sons, who lost their lives by shipwreck on the night of 25 Dec 1836'
Details
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Lady Nelson
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Lady Nelson
People
Sterry, James
Age: 49
Date of Death: 25/12/1836
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Sterry, James William
Age: 23
Date of Death: 25/12/1836
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Sterry, John Page
Age: 15
Date of Death: 25/12/1836
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Age: 49
Date of Death: 25/12/1836
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Sterry, James William
Age: 23
Date of Death: 25/12/1836
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Sterry, John Page
Age: 15
Date of Death: 25/12/1836
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Bibliography: Note says James died whilst on board ship from Rotterdam to London 1836, on 'Lady Nelson' off Margate. The vessel left port on the 23rd December and failed to arrive having presumably foundered.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan