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Morris James Downey and his cousin Arthur, 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.
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1905
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Rye RD, Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
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November 15, 1928
Age 23
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Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
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November 20, 1928
Age 23
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Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
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