‘Beautiful Star’ Memorial, Hardwick Road cemetery, King’s Lynn

‘Beautiful Star’ Memorial, Hardwick Road cemetery
‘Beautiful Star’ Memorial, Hardwick Road cemetery
‘Beautiful Star’ Memorial, Hardwick Road cemetery
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‘Beautiful Star’ Memorial, Hardwick Road cemetery, King’s Lynn
Monument erected to the memory of eight fishermen of St Monans and Cellardyke who were lost off the Norfolk coast in a storm of 19th November 1875.

Five boats were lost - three from St Monans and two from Cellardyke. Each had a crew of seven men, so 35 lives were lost altogether (plus another two Cellardyke men who were washed overboard from other boats). Only eight bodies were recovered. They were buried in King’s Lynn and commemorated on the Memorial:

Lost from the ‘Beautiful Star’ KY1298 of St Monans:
James Paterson born 18 July 1826
William Paterson born 18 January 1836
(Son) Robert Paterson born 31 October 1857
David Allan born 25 August 1827
David Davidson born 1 February 1852

Lost from the ‘Thane’ KY1071 of Cellardyke:
Alexander Duncan born 7 June 1829
Thomas Lowrie born 3 October 1854
Thomas Fyall born 27 June 1851

The ‘Beautiful Star’ was used by sculptor, Mr Bone, as the model for the Memorial which was funded by public subscription from the people of King’s Lynn.
The Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust Ltd
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