Memorial: M5914

Memorial headstone at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating Benjamin Herrington, d. 1922

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / BENJAMIN / SON OF / BENJAMIN AND ANN / HERRINGTON / BORN JUNE 1840 / DIED MAY 1922 / PEACE PERFECT PEACE / ALSO / EDITH LOUISA HERRINGTON / THE DEVOTED SISTER OF THE ABOVE / WHO PASSED TO A CLEARER IDEA OF LIFE / AUGUST 15TH 1942 / AGED 82 YEARS / FAITHFUL'

Details

Description: Carved with a fishing vessel in profile above the inscription. LT835 on the sail. This was the 2 1/2 ton longshore boat 'Rapid' (information Lowestoft Record Office). Herrington was one of five joint owners.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Herrington, Benjamin
Age: 82
Date of Death: 1922
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Occupation given in 1871 census as fisherman
Photographer: B. Tomlinson, P. Lacey

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters