Plaque in St Davids Memorial Hall, commemorating the crew of the lifeboat ‘Gem’ lost in 1910
Location
Memorial hall, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Transcript
'This tablet is to commemorate the bravery of the crew of the lifeboat Gem who rescued the men from the ketch Democrat in Romsey Sound 13 October 1910 during a fierce storm when the lifeboat became a total wreck. Lost their lives, John Stephens, Coxswain, Henry Rowlands, James Price. Survivors, George Martin Second Coxswain, Thomas Evans Bowman, William Banner, David Lewis, Michael Moriarty, Tilston J. Morse, William T. Parry, Francis Rowlands, James Thomas, William H. Thomas, James Williams'
Details
Type: Plaque
Vessel: Gem
Vessel: Gem
People
Price, James
Age:
Date of Death: 13/10/1910
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
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Organisation:
Rowlands, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 13/10/1910
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Stephens, John
Age:
Date of Death: 13/10/1910
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Coxswain
Organisation:
Age:
Date of Death: 13/10/1910
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Rowlands, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 13/10/1910
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Stephens, John
Age:
Date of Death: 13/10/1910
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Coxswain
Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: Bill Fevyer and John Wilson 'The wrecks of the Gem and Democrat', 'The Life Saving Awards Research Society Journal' no. 44, pp. 22-30 (February 2002).
Recorder: David Saunders
Recorder: David Saunders