Memorial: M5659

Memorial at Larpool cemetery, Whitby commemorating lifeboat coxswain Harry Freeman d. 1904

Location

Larpool cemetery, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'HENRY FREEMAN / DIED 13TH DECEMBER 1904 / AGED 69 YEARS. / ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE / WHITBY LIFEBOAT DISASTER / 0F 1861. / COXSWAIN OF THE WHITBY LIFEBOAT / 1877 * 1899 / DURING HIS SERVICE HE HELPED TO SAVE / OVER THREE HUNDRED LIVES.'

Details

Description: A Yorkshire coble incised above the inscription.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: granite
Date Erected: 1986

People

Freeman, Henry
Age: 69
Date of Death: 13/12/1904
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat coxswain; fisherman
Organisation: RNLI

Extra

Notes: Erected with funds raised by the pupils of Whitby school. It does not record Freeman's two wives buried in the same grave.
Bibliography: Ian Minter and Ray Shill 'Storm Warrior: The Turbulent life of Harry Freeman' (Sutton Coldfield, 1991,)p. 222.

JSON

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