Memorial: M4445

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Thomas Miller d. 1865 in the loss of the ‘Lelia’

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of THOMAS MILLER shipbuilder of this city, lost on the foundering of the blockade runner 'LELIA', 14th. January 1865, aged 28 years'

Details

Type: Monument
Position: D196
Vessel: Lelia

People

Miller, Thomas
Age: 28
Date of Death: 14/1/1865
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: SS 'Lelia' left Liverpool for Wilmington, North Carolina but sank in bad weather off the North Wales coast with 46 fatalities.
Recorder: Martin Davies 1985

JSON

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Maritime Memorials