Memorial: M5905

Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating Thomas Bokenham, d.1832 and Thomas Bokenham, d. 1836

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MARY BOKENHAM / WHO DIED MARCH 5 1877 / AGED 94 YEARS / THOMAS BOKENHAM / MASTER MARINER / HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE / DIED MARCH 31 1832 / AGED 47 YEARS / INTERRED IN ST GEORGE'S IN EAST LONDON / THOMAS BOKENHAM / THIRD SON OF THE ABOVE / DROWNED ON HIS PASSAGE TO HAVANNAH / SEPTEMBER 28 1836 / AGED 21 YEARS / JOSEPH FOSTER BOKENHAM / FOURTH SON OF THE ABOVE / DEPARTED THIS LIFE DEC 24 1868 AGED 52 YEARS'

Details

Description: Headstone with rope twist border
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Bokenham, Thomas
Age: 47
Date of Death: 31/3/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Bokenham, Thomas
Age: 21
Date of Death: 28/9/1836
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters