Memorial: M5364

Memorial at St Bridget’s Church, Bride, Isle of Man commemorating four local fishermen who drowned in bad weather in 1868

Location

St Bridget's Church, Bride, Isle of Man, Isle of Man

Transcript

'ERECTED / BY THE INHABITANTS OF RAMSEY AND / THE RAMSEY VOLUNTEER LIFE COMPANY / IN MEMORY OF / SAMUEL CORKISH, AGED 71 YEARS / JOHN JOUGHIN, AGED 19 YEARS / WILLIAM SAYLE AGED 18 YEARS / AND / JOHN SAYLE AGED 17 YEARS / NATIVES OF THIS PARISH / WHO WERE BLOWN OFF THIS COAST / OCT 24TH 1868 / AND PERISHED AT SEA', 'ERECTED/ BY THE INHABITANTS OF RAMSEY, AND / THE RAMSEY VOLUNTARY LIFE COMPANY./ IN MEMORY OF / JOHN SAYLE. / OF THE PARISH OF BRIDE, ISLE OF MAN./ BORN NOV. 26TH 1851,/ HE WAS BLOWN OFF THE MANX COAST / OCT. 24TH 1868. / AND PERISHED AT SEA
/ ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER / AND TWO OTHERS.'

Details

Description: Obelisk with a marble wreath on the side. A relief of a small boat in rough seas on one side.
Type: Obelisk
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Corkish, Samuel
Age: 71
Date of Death: 24/10/1868
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Jouchin, John
Age: 19
Date of Death: 24/10/1868
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Sayle, William
Age: 18
Date of Death: 24/10/1868
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Sayle, John
Age: 17
Date of Death: 24/10/1868
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Their boat was found wrecked at Sylcroft, Cumberland. Mr Daniel Goldsmith of the Ramsey Rocket Brigade was instrumental in having the last body returned to Bride and the memorial erected. Another stone was put up at Sylcroft. A lifeboat station was re-established at Ramsey the same year.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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