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Maritime Cause of Death
« on: Thursday 08 July 21 15:33 BST (UK) »
Hello hope someone can help me decipher cause of death for Peter Mummery


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Re: Maritime Cause of Death
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 08 July 21 15:35 BST (UK) »
Fell from Aloft 19.7.64.

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Re: Maritime Cause of Death
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 08 July 21 15:39 BST (UK) »
Thanks Bumble conflicts with death notice said he drowned
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Re: Maritime Cause of Death
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 08 July 21 15:41 BST (UK) »
Who knows, perhaps his fall from on high meant that he ended up in the sea and did drown  :-\
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
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Re: Maritime Cause of Death
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 08 July 21 15:42 BST (UK) »
yes think that's probably what happened

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Re: Maritime Cause of Death
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 08 July 21 16:34 BST (UK) »
Possibly he fell into the sea from the rigging.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.