Cross in Foulon Cemetery, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating Thomas Le Pelley and his wife Annie d. 1884 in the loss of the SS ‘Durango’
Location
Foulon Cemetery, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'In Remembrance of / Thomas Le Pelley / of St Andrews Parish / Master of the SS Durango / of Newport Mon. / and of Annie Randel Smith / his wife - who perished at sea / off Dungeness / on the 27 November 1884 / The said vessel Durango / having collided with barque / Luke Bruce of Liverpool / causing the loss of that / steamer / and all on board' [Opposite side] 'Erected by the Sorrowing families'
Details
Description: Cross on four-sided column.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: SS Durango, Luke Bruce
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: SS Durango, Luke Bruce
People
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Extra
Bibliography: 'Lloyds Weekly Shipping Index' Dec 5th 1884 pages 2-3; 'David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). 'Western Daily Mail' (29 November 1884).
Recorder: J. Le Pelley 1981
Recorder: J. Le Pelley 1981