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This page is dedicated to Annie Gray who would have celebrated her 90th birthday on 5 June 2005.
Annie Gray (1915-2005)
Goodbye and rest in peace
Around 1890 James was photographed by the famous Whitby photographer Frank Meadow Sutcliffe. The photo was named "The fisherboy".
This photograph and hundreds of others are displayed and sold by the Sutcliffe Gallery in Whitby. The photos show a fascinating picture of the fisherfolk of the area around Whitby.
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Annie was barely a year old when her father James, a private in the 1st battalion Royal Scots Fussiliers was killed in action in France on 12 August 1916.
Ada Eglon was born around 1879, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth? Eglon.
Annie's grandfather Richard Eglon was born in 1853 and came from a family of fishermen and whalers. He also worked on the lifeboat in Whitby.
In October 1914, Richard as the lifeboat second coxwain, was involved in the rescue of survivors from the worst shipwreck in the history of Whitby.
The Rohilla hospital ship carrying 229 people towards Dunkirk, ran aground in bad weather and wartime blackout, around a mile from Whitby.
Many lifeboats and crew were involved in rescue attempts in atrocious conditions , resulting in 141 people rescued.
Richard gained a RNLI gallantry medal for his involvement in the rescue of survivors in the Henry Vernon lifeboat
In 1920 Richard was appointed coxwain of the Whitby's first motor lifeboat, the Margaret Harker-Smith.
When Richard died in 1938 it made front page news in the Whitby Gazette.
Richard Eglon (1853-1938)
Whitby parish church graveyard, exposed to the elements and overlooking the sea
Whitby parish church.
James Gray is remembered on the war memorial on the wall
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