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Richard Gower Godson

Birth
Wandsworth, London Borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England
Death
1896 (aged 17–18)
Burial
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You drowned at sea, aged 18. Your younger sisters talked often of this event. I gather that the ship on which you were lost was the Lord Dufferin, which vanished en route from Montevideo to New York. The route appears to pass through the Bermuda Triangle... It's tragic that, the younger you are at death, the sooner you're lost to history. It is also extremely sad that a report into the ship's loss concerned itself with the value of the vessel and freight, and speculated about 'under manning'. Nothing was said about the value of lives lost.
You drowned at sea, aged 18. Your younger sisters talked often of this event. I gather that the ship on which you were lost was the Lord Dufferin, which vanished en route from Montevideo to New York. The route appears to pass through the Bermuda Triangle... It's tragic that, the younger you are at death, the sooner you're lost to history. It is also extremely sad that a report into the ship's loss concerned itself with the value of the vessel and freight, and speculated about 'under manning'. Nothing was said about the value of lives lost.


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