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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
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Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England UK
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1928 |
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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