Memorial at Beach Road, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk commemorating the crew of the RNLI Lifeboat ‘Eliza Adams’ who died on 29th October 1880 while rescuing the ‘Ocean Queen’.
Location
Beach Road, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF ELEVEN OF / THE CREW OF THE LIFEBOAT / 'ELIZA ADAMS’ / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON DUTY / IN THE DISASTER AT WELLS. / OCTOBER 29TH 1880. / ROBERT WILLIAM / ELSDON / (COXSWAIN) / JOHN ELSDON // GEORGE JAY / WILLIAM FIELD // JOHN STACEY / WILLIAM / WORDINGHAM // FRANK ABEL / CHARLES HINDS / WILLIAM GREEN // SAMUEL SMITH / CHARLES SMITH // SURVIVORS / THOMAS KEW / WILLIAM BELL'
Details
Description: On a plinth, a broken mast, life belt and anchor carved in three dimensions, the whole surrounded by railings.
Type: Free standing monument
Position: Beside the harbour
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Eliza Adams
Type: Free standing monument
Position: Beside the harbour
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Eliza Adams
People
Abel, Frank
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Elsdon, Robert William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Coxswain
Organisation: RNLI
Elsdon, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Field, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Green, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Hinds, Charles
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Jay, George
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Smith, Samuel
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Smith, Charles
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Stacey, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Wordingham, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Elsdon, Robert William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Coxswain
Organisation: RNLI
Elsdon, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Field, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Green, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Hinds, Charles
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Jay, George
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Smith, Samuel
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Smith, Charles
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Stacey, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Wordingham, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew
Organisation: RNLI
Extra
Notes: Wells lifeboat capsized going the the assistance of the brig 'Ocean Queen' and lost 11 out of a crew of 13. The memorial is grade II listed.
Photographer: P Lacey
Photographer: P Lacey