Albert Ernest Smith

Albert Edward Smith 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 Dec 1884

• SMITH Albert Ernest Rye 2b 9

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1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Watsons Row, Icklesham, Rye, Sussex; RG12 Piece number 757 Folio 124 Page 5

• William J Smith Head M 46, Labourer Chemical Works, Born [c1846] - Paddock Wood, Kent,
• Harriet Smith Wife M 44, Born [c1847] - Hastings, Sussex
• William J Smith Son Single, 21, Mariner, Born [c1870] Rye Harbour, Sussex
• George J Smith Son Single, 19, Labourer General, Born [c1872] - Rye Harbour, Sussex
• Edward C Smith Son 16, Labourer General, Born [c1875] - Rye Harbour, Sussex
• Annie M Smith Daughter 13, Scholar, Born [c1878] - Rye Harbour, Sussex
• Alice M Smith Daughter 10, Scholar, Born - [c1881] - Rye Harbour, Sussex
• Albert E Smith Son 6, Scholar, Born [c1885] - Rye Harbour, Sussex
• George Bumstead Brother In Law Single 53, Mariner, Born - [c1838] Hastings, Sussex

Marriages Dec 1908

• CUTTING Mary Cecel Rye 2b 5
• SMITH Albert Ernest Rye 2b 5

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1911 England Census

Rye Harbour, Sussex; Class: RG14; Piece: 4715; Schedule Number: 66

• Albert E Smith Head M 26, Sea going Fisherman. Born Sussex Rye Harbour
• Mary C Smith Wife 24 Married 2 years, no children. Born Sussex, Rye Harbour
• Edith C Cutting Sister-in-Law Single 16, Assisting in domestic duties Born Sussex, Rye Harbour

UK, Royal Naval Reserve Service Records Index, 1860-1955

• Name: Albert Ernest Smith
• Birth Date: Sep 1884
• Birth Place: Icklesham, Rye Harbour, Sussex
• Date: 1908-1955
• Service number: DA 19980
• http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8527476

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England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007

• Name: Albert E Smith
• Birth Date: abt 1884
• Date of Registration: Dec 1928
• Age at Death: 44
• Registration district: Romney Marsh
• Inferred County: Kent
• Volume: 2a
• Page: 1421