THE BRAVE ELEVEN
The Brave Eleven Worthing fishermen who drowned when their small open boat overturned going to rescue the distressed cargo vessel Lalla Rookh at the height of a ferocious storm on 25th November 1850.
Henry Bacon (48)
John Belville (49)
James Edwards (46)
James's brother, Stephen Edwards (40)
William Hoskins (37)
Henry Newman (47)
Henry's brother, James Newman senior (51)
James's sons, James Newman junior (21)
and John Newman (26)
Henry Slaughter (28)
William Wicks (24)
The 350-ton barque Lalla Rookh was built in Jersey by Edward Allen in 1839, constructed on the beach at Havre des Pas, just east of the town of St Helier.