DESCENDANTS OF WORTHING'S FISHERMEN & LIFEBOATMEN
Descendants and relatives of the town's fishermen and lifeboatmen, who've been in touch already, have been issued with certificates of shared heritage honouring their ancestors, each one personalised in their enduring honour.
More of you are related to a fishing or lifeboat family, sometimes very distantly, sometimes you're not sure. But do please get in touch anyway, then we can work out whether you have a connection or not.
There was a lot of intermarrying among families, especially fishing families, and it is not unusual to find that you may be related by marriage to a number of different ones, through the generations.
Typical surnames of Worthing fishing families to watch out for:-Rescuers' Requiem
Brave 11 small ferry boat crew - Roll of Honour
1850
Bacon, HenryBelville, John
Edwards, James and Stephen
Hoskins, William
Newman, Henry, Jim, Jim Jr., and John
Slaughter, Henry
Wicks, William
5 lifeboat crew who died in other incidents
1892
Riddles, George(Collapsed and died on exercise)
1895
Lambeth, Charles(Run over and killed by the lifeboat carriage)
1903
Bacon, Stephen1907
Benn, Mark William1915
Burgess, Jack "Jacko"(Drowned when the lifeboat capsized, whilst on service to the schooner Kings Hill)
Historical Service Roll
Coxswains & 2nd Coxswains
Blann, TomBlann, William "Bill" (son of Tom)
Dean, Alfred
Hutchinson, George and James
Lee, Charlie
Marley, John
Marshall, Harry
Newman, George
Overington, "Stoner"
Parkes, "Commodore"
Tyler, George "Johnny"
Lifeboatmen
Ayling, C. and ReubenBacon, E., F., G., H., John, Steve, and T.
Bashford, Fred, George, H., James, and S.
Beck, William "Bill"
Belton, Danny, George, and John
Benn, George, Jim, Mark, and William
Blann, Edwin "Ed" (brother of Coxswain Tom)
Blann, Henry "Harry" (brother of Coxswain Bill)
Blann, William "Bill" Jr. (son of Coxswain Bill)
Bridger, Tom and Thomas Jr.
Brown, H.
Burden, Frank and Walker
Burgess, Jack "Jacko"
Burtenshaw, J.
Burton, F.
Carter, George
Churcher, Alex
Clarke, J.
Collier, Bill, Frank, Fred, H., John, and William
Collins, Fred
Coppard, Tom
Cousins, William
Curven, William
Cusden, Richard
Davis, George, Tom, Thomas Jr., and W.
Dean, Fred (son of Coxswain)
Dunford, John
Edwards, Ed and Pete
Elliott, Jack
Field, "Bill"
Finnis, George
Freeman, Harry and Will
Giles, Chas and Tom
Goble, William and George
Greenyer, William "Bill"
Grevatt, George
Groves, Charlie, James, and William
Hammond, H.
Harris, T.
Harwood, Henry "Harry"
Head, Harry
Hills, Bob
Honess, Fred
Hutchinson, F.
Irvine, George
Lambeth, Charles
Marshall, Arthur, Fred, and Mark (brothers of Coxswain)
Marshall, C. and William "Bill"
Medhurst, James
Norris, John
Parsons, Charles and Stephen
Poland, J. and William
Riddles, George and John
Rouse, J.
Searle, Jim
Slaughter, Chas.
Steere, George
Street, Harry, Joe, Will, and S.
Stubbs, Charlie
Sullivan, Jim
Teasdale, John
Tester, James, John, and T.
Upton, Rob
Wakeford, Fred
Wells, George, James, John, Luke, Richard, and William
West, G. and Peter
Wingfield, Charlie, George, Henry "Harry", J., Mark, Stephen, Stephen Jr., Tom "Jumbo", and W.
Wood, George and William "Bill"
Worley, F.
A permanent memorial to Worthing’s historic lifeboatmen is situated on Worthing beach at Splash Point (near Coast Café). Established by The Worthing Society in honour of all the brave men, individually named, who went to the rescue of those in peril on the sea.
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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.