Memorial: M4568

Gravestone in Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey commemorating Samuel Toms d. 1882 in the loss of the brigantine ‘Alice’

Location

Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'In / Affectionate remembrance / of / Samuel Toms / who was lost with all hands / in the fearful gale of October 22nd 1882 / aged 25 years / "On a wild and stormy ocean, / Souls that perish heed the message / Christ has come to save"...'

Details

Description: Carved with a relief of a foundering brigantine.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Alice

People

Toms, Samuel
Age: 25
Date of Death: 22/10/1882
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation: J. Taylor

Extra

Notes: Brigantine 'Alice' of Guernsey, foundered on return trip from Newcastle laden with coal 168 tons, owner J. Taylor.
Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript).
Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters