Memorial: M5690

Gravestone in St Ives, Cornwall commemorating John Stevens d. 1915

Location

Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / BESSIE, / BELOVED WIFE OF / JOHN STEVENS / WHO DIED APRIL 8TH, 1915 / AGED 62 YEARS / ALSO OF THE ABOVE / JOHN STEVENS / (MASTER MARINER) / WHO WAS DROWNED IN THE 'LUSITANIA' / DISASTER / MAY 7TH, 1915, / AGED 62 YEARS. / ALSO OF JOHN, THEIR SON / WHO DIED IN PENSYLVANIA, U.S.A., / AND WAS INTERRED THERE / JANUARY 4TH, 1910, / AGED 20 YEARS. / ALSO OF DANIEL LANDER, / BELOVED HUSBAND OF BESSIE LANDER, / AND SON-IN-LAW OF THE ABOVE / JOHN AND BESSIE STEVENS / DIED NOVEMBER 10TH 1956, / AGED 76 YEARS / ALSO THE ABOVE / BESSIE LANDER / DIED OCT. 12TH 1971, AGED 83 YEARS'

Details

Description: Marble headstone with lead lined lettering, a rose carved above the inscription.

Type: Gravestone
Materials: Marble
Artists: C.H. Pascoe
Vessel: RMS Lusitania

Event

Sinking of the Lustania

Event Date

1915

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Stevens, John
Age: 62
Date of Death: 7/5/1915
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner; Chief Officer
Organisation: Cunard Line

Extra

Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters