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Title
Mary Stanford Memorial
Date
1931
Medium
stone, slate & metal plaque
Measurements
H 350 x W 125 x D 45 cm
Accession number
TN31_LS_S007
Work type
Monument
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
19th November 1931
Access
at all times
Inscription description
around the top of the figure of the lifeboatman, carved into the stone, convexed: WE HAVE DONE THAT WHICH WAS OUR DUTY TO DO; inscribed plaque on front of plinth: TO THE MEMORY / OF THE SEVENTEEN / BRAVE MEN, / THE CREW OF THE / MARY STANFORD LIFEBOAT, / WHO PERISHED IN / A HEAVY GALE WHILE GALLANTLY RESPONDING / TO THE CALL FOR HELP / FROM THE / S.S. ALICE OF RIGA / ON THE MORNING OF / THE 15th NOVEMBER 1928.