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Photographer: Cindy Bullard
Taken: November 24, 2010
Caption: British Cemetery on Ocracoke Island
Additional Description: Graves of Sub Lt. Thomas Cunningham R.N.V.R , Stanley R. Craig – telegraphist and two unidentified crewmen.

The remains of a fifth Bedfordshire crewman washed up near Swam Quarter, North Carolina. This was Ordinary Seaman Alfred Dryden. Dryden's body was initially buried near the Hyde County Poor House in Swan Quarter; however, it was reinterred at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Creeds, Virginia. A sixth body washed ashore near Hatteras on May 21. Though this body was unidentifiable, it was determined that given its location and timing that it was likely a crewmember of Bedfordshire. This unidentified sailor was buried near the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. (Office of National Marine Sanctuaries - see link)
Submitted: December 6, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p139391
File Size: 3.100 Megabytes

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