Memorial: M4430

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Robert Frew Lowry d. 1874 in the loss of SS ‘Liberia’

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In affectionate remembrance of ROBERT FREW LOWRY, aged 43 years, who was Commander of the British and African Mail Steamer 'LIBERIA' which was lost in a gale in the Bay of Biscay, April 1874'

Details

Type: Column
Materials: Granite
Vessel: SS Liberia

People

Lowry, Robert Frew
Age: 43
Date of Death: 4/1874
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: British and African Mail Line

Extra

Notes: SS 'Liberia' foundered on between Liverpool and Madeira.
Recorder: Martin Davies 1985

JSON

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