Robert Henry Pope

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Robert Henry Pope

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
Death: November 15, 1928 (18-27)
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 George Henry Pope and Julia Annie Pope
Brother of George Edward Pope; Charles Frederick David Pope; William Ernest Pope; Julia Annie Pope; Lewis Alexander Pope and 2 others

Occupation: 1911 - 5;
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About Robert Henry Pope

Robert Henry Pope (with two of his brothers, Charles and Alexander), 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.

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Robert Henry Pope's Timeline

1905
1905
Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
1928
November 15, 1928
Age 23
Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
November 20, 1928
Age 23
Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK