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Title
Lifeboatmen's Memorial
Date
1918
Medium
marble & granite
Accession number
SA3_DO_S261
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Monument
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
August 1918
Listing date
24/01/00
Access
at all times
Inscription description
TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM (BILLY0 GIBBS, COXSWAIN, / WILLIAM KYNON, SECOND COXSWAIN, / GEORGE HARRY, LIFEBOATMAN. / WHO DROWNED OFF PWLL-DU / ON 1ST JANUARY 1916 WHEN THE PORTEYNON / LIFEBOAT "JANET" TWICE CAPSIZED IN THE / ENDEAVOUR TO RENDER ASSISTANCE / TO THE S.S. "DUNVEGAN". / THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE CREW / CAPTN. GEO EYNAN, WM. GROVE SEN. / WM. GROVE JNR. , (...) GROVE, (...) / JOHN JENKINS, JAS. JENKINS, LEONARD ENKINS, JOHN MORRIS, AFTER GREAT SUFFERING SUCCEEDED IN / LANDING AT MUMBLES THE FOLLOWING MORNING / THE BODIES OF WM. EYNON AND GEO. HARRY / WERE EVENTUALLY RECVERED AND / INTERRED IN THIS CHURCHYARD. / ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION TO / COMMEMORATE BRAVERY AND / DEVOTION TO DUTY.