Person    | Male  Died 21/6/1898

Moses Jethro James

Categories: Children, Tragedy

Moses Jethro James
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 14. Buried in grave 2 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.

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Moses Jethro James

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HMS Albion disaster

28 victims are buried here; another 6-11 victims (numbers differ between sour...

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Gilbert Johnstone

Gilbert Johnstone

Hon. Gilbert Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone. See his brother Francis for family information. President of the Eton Mission Rowing Club in 1934. Attended Eton, leaving before 1883. The Eton House (pdf dow...

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1 memorial
George Alexander Gratton

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1 memorial
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1 memorial
Mary Styles

Mary Styles

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1 memorial
Pollock's toy theatre shop

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Building, Children, Commerce, Theatre

1 memorial