Person    | Female  Died 21/6/1898

Sarah Elizabeth Simmons

Categories: Children, Tragedy

Sarah Elizabeth Simmons
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 12. Buried in grave 1 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.

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Sarah Elizabeth Simmons

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HMS Albion disaster

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

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From Hear the Boat Sing: "EMRC has a fascinating history and was started in the East London docklands in the late 19th century by a group of old Etonians, who saw it as their mission to help boys i...

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