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Herbert Head, Coxwain, and his two sons James and John, were three 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.
1881 |
September 28, 1881
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Rye, East Sussex, England UK
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1908 |
1908
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Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
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1909
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1911 |
1911
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Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
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1915 |
1915
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Rye RD, East Sussex, England UK
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1919 |
1919
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Rye RD, East Sussex, England UK
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1928 |
November 15, 1928
Age 47
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Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
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