Hartley family funeral after Zeebrugge ferry disaster

Title

Hartley family funeral after Zeebrugge ferry disaster

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

29 Apr 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:01:43

Description

Report on the funeral of the Hartley family, killed in the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster, at St Mary’s Church, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. The service was conducted by Rev. Leslie Walters (sermon excerpt heard) and was attended by orphaned survivor, eight-year-old Martin Hartley. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Leslie Walters

Keywords

Deaths; Shipwrecks; Derbyshire; Funerals; Ferries; Seaborne disasters; Disasters (events); Church services; Martin Hartley; Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Herald of free Enterprise; Zeebrugge; Townsend Thoresen; Elsie Hartley; Richard Hartley; Joseph Hartley; Hazel Hartley; Ilkeston

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