Arthur George A Downey

Arthur George Downey*** and his cousin Morris, were two 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.

• *** The Plaque at the communal grave bears the name Arthur William Downey

1911 Census

Tram Road Rye Harbour; Class: RG14; Piece: 4715; Schedule Number: 14

• Arthur G A Downey son, 7 born Rye Harbour

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

• Name: Arthur George Downey
• Registration Year: 1903
• Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
• Registration district: Rye
• Inferred County: Sussex
• Volume: 2b
• Page: 7

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007

• Name: Arthur Downey
• Birth Date: abt 1905
• Date of Registration: Dec 1928
• Age at Death: 23
• Registration district: Romney Marsh
• Inferred County: Kent
• Volume: 2a
• Page: 1421