Vessel Loss

Memorial: M4580

Headstone in Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey commemorating Captain Samuel Pulsford d.1881 in the loss of the ‘Selina Jane’

Location

Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'In/Loving Memory / of / Capt. Samuel J Pulsford, / who was drowned at sea / January the 19th 1881 / in the 40th year of his age'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: Selina Jane

People

Pulsford, Samuel J.
Age: 40
Date of Death: 19/1/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Master 'Selina Jane' (ketch) of Guernsey foundered en route to London.
Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript).
Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981

JSON

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