Memorial: M5788

Gravestone at St Hilda’s Church, South Shields commemorating William Wouldhave d. 1821

Location

St Hilda's Church, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM WOULDHAVE, / WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 28TH, 1821, AGED 70 YEARS / Clerk of this Church and Inventor of the Invaluable Blessing to Mankind / THE LIFEBOAT. / Heaven genius scientific gave / Surpassing vulgar boast, yet he from soil / So rich, no golden harvest reap'd – no wreath / Of laurel glean'd. None but the sailor's heart, / Nor that ingrate of palm unfading this, / Til shipwrecks cease or life-boats cease to save / Hannah Wouldhave / wife of the above / who died March 28th 1824 / aged 78 years'

Details

Description: Carved with a lifeboat. Granite copy in the churchyard.
Type: Gravestone
Position: End of nave
Materials: Sandstone

People

Wouldhave, William
Age: 70
Date of Death: 28/9/1821
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Inventor
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Also commemorated by clock tower on seafront.
Bibliography: John Gilmore 'Storm Warriors, life boat work on the Goodwin Sands' (London, 1874) p. 26; F.M. Holmes 'The lifeboat: its History and Heroes' (London, 1900) p. 21.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters