Memorial at Caister Cemetery, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, commemorating nine crew of the Lifeboat ‘Beauchamp’ d. 1901 in the Caister Lifeboat Disaster
Location
Caister Cemetery, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England
Transcript
'HEREUNDER LIE / THE BODIES OF NINE MEN OF CAISTER / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LIFEBOAT BEAUCHAMP / ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 14TH 1901 / WHILST GALLANTLY RESPONDING TO / SIGNALS OF DISTRESS. / THIS MONUMENT / HAS BEEN ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY / BY A LARGE NUMBER OF THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN / WHO HONOURED THEIR BRAVERY AND PRESERVED THOSE / DEPENDANT UPON THEM FROM WANT.'
Details
Description: Carved with a broken mast, anchor and life belt, there is a relief of a lifeboat on a plinth in the shape of a rock.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Beauchamp
Type: Memorial
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Beauchamp
People
Haylett, Aaron Walter
Age: 49
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Coxswain
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Haylett, James Henry
Age: 56
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Late Coxswain
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Brown, William Frederick
Age: 49
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Second Coxswain
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Brown, Charles John
Age: 31
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Wilson, William
Age: 56
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Smith, John William
Age: 43
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
King, George Ernest
Age: 21
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
George, Charles Bonney
Age: 53
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Knights, Henry James
Age: 18
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Age: 49
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Coxswain
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Haylett, James Henry
Age: 56
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Late Coxswain
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Brown, William Frederick
Age: 49
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Second Coxswain
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Brown, Charles John
Age: 31
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Wilson, William
Age: 56
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Smith, John William
Age: 43
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
King, George Ernest
Age: 21
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
George, Charles Bonney
Age: 53
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Knights, Henry James
Age: 18
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Extra
Notes: The Lifeboat ‘Beauchamp’ lunched to rescue a fishing smack. Unfortunately the ‘Beauchamp’ capsized rough seas and only three crew members survived - John Hubbard, Charles Knights and Walter Haylett. Veteran Lifeboatman James Haylett had two sons, a son-in-law and two grandsons on the boat. At the inquiry, Haylett said: ‘Caister men never turn back’. The phrase ‘Never Turn Back’ was adopted as the motto of the RNLI.
Recorder: David Tull 1984
Photographer: Pippa Lacey
Recorder: David Tull 1984
Photographer: Pippa Lacey