Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funeral of Charles Greenhaugh and his mother

Title

Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funeral of Charles Greenhaugh and his mother

Genre

News report; Speech; Music

TX Date

Dec 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:04

Description

Report on the funeral service for Charles Greenhaugh, a lifeboatman killed in the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81), and his mother Hilda, who died upon hearing the news of her son’s death. Begins with the congregation at St Uny parish church singing Abide With Me, followed by an address by the Reverend Michael Warner. Warner tells the congregation that he had conducted the wedding ceremony of Charles Greenhaugh’s daughter Tracy and her husband Mike, just weeks earlier. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Michael Warner

Keywords

Accidents; Cornwall; Funerals; Boats; Lifeboats; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Maritime rescue; Lifeboat services; Mousehole; Penlee; Lifeboat crew members; Union Star; Solomon Browne; Charles Greenhaugh; Kevin Smith; William Trevelyan Richards; James Madron; Nigel Brockman; John Blewett; Barrie Torrie; Gary Wallis; Hilda Greenhaugh; St Uny

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