Albert John Downey, Twin

Albert John Downey twin brother Morris James, was one of 17 men who perished in the Mary Stanford Disaster when RNLB Mary Stanford (ON 661), a Liverpool-class lifeboat, which capsized in Rye Harbour in 1928.

The disaster occurred on 15 November 1928 when the whole of the 17-man crew of the Mary Stanford Lifeboat were drowned, practically the whole male fishing population of the village of Rye Harbour.

Births Sep 1905

• Downey Albert John Rye 2b 6
• Downey Morris James Rye 2b 6