Rye Harbour remembers

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Each year, on the Sunday nearest to November 15, Rye Harbour families gather to remember the Mary Stanford lifeboat disaster in 1928, when 17 men from the village lost their lives when their boat capsized in a gale, as they went to rescue a stricken vessel in the Channel. A simple and moving service, conducted by Canon David Frost, was held last Sunday November 20, in the church of the Holy Spirit, when remembrance candles were lighted by family members. A wreath-laying ceremony was then held outside at the memorial. The Last Post was solemnly played and Richard Tollett, operations manager of the Rye Harbour RNLI station, laid the first wreath.

Mary Stanford memorial after the wreath-laying ceremony
Mary Stanford memorial after the wreath-laying ceremony
Mary Stanford RNLI service at Rye Harbour November 20th 2016 candle being lit for Michael Cutting by Sylvia Sage he was her great Uncle
Candles were lit in memory of the dead, including this one by Sylvia Sage for crew member Michael Cutting, who was her great uncle

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos: KT Bruce

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