Charles Southerden

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Charles Southerden

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
Death: November 15, 1928 (22)
Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK (Drowned in the Mary Stanford Disaster)
Place of Burial: Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles Southerden and Caroline Ellen Southerden
Brother of Caroline Ellen Southerden; Mary Southerden; Lucy Southerden; William Southerden; Eva Coleman and 10 others

Occupation: 1911 - 4;
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About Charles Southerden

Charles Southerden 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. His body was washed ashore at Eastbourne three months later.

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.

He had two cousins also died in the disaster - Albert Smith 44 (who was brother-in-law of the three Cutting brothers also lost, and Walter Igglesden 38. The connection has not yet been established.

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Charles Southerden's Timeline

1906
June 27, 1906
Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
1928
November 15, 1928
Age 22
Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
November 20, 1928
Age 22
Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK