Memorial: M4451

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating William R. Burgess d. 1881 in the loss of the ‘St Mirren’

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In affectionate remembrance of WILLIAM R BURGESS, eldest son of William and Sarah A Burgess, who was lost at sea by the foundering of the ship 'St Mirren', on her voyage from Calcutta to Liverpool in the year 1881, aged 16 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: H479
Vessel: St Mirren

People

Burgess, William R.
Age: 16
Date of Death: 1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Martin Davies, April 1985, Friends of the Merseyside Maritime Museum

JSON

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