Title
John Willis after recovery from wreck of Khyber
Subject
Portrait
Anno
Description
Captain John Willis pictured after he had recovered from the ordeal of the wreck of the Liverpool ship Khyber. The ship wrecked with a loss of 23 lives close to Porthloe Cove near Tol Pedn Coastguard station on March 15, 1905, carrying grain from Australia to Falmouth. Willis and two others survived, and the rest of the crew was buried at St Levan Church. Willis later became a Master Mariner and died at Wallasey, Cheshire in 1962.
Publisher
Morrab Library
Date
1905
Rights
Morrab Library
Format
Print
Identifier
PEOP 8.020
Original Format
photo
Period Costume
N
Individual Names
John Willis