Stroud's historic memorial stone for lost sailors given new home

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July 2 2021 - 7:30pm
CAREFUL: Stonemasons, led by Arthur Whyte-Butler on the right, transport the historic memorial stone into Church of Saint John the Evangelist at Stroud. Picture: Jonathan King
CAREFUL: Stonemasons, led by Arthur Whyte-Butler on the right, transport the historic memorial stone into Church of Saint John the Evangelist at Stroud. Picture: Jonathan King

As the years and the elements were rubbing away the inscription on a historic memorial stone outside Church of Saint John the Evangelist in Stroud, Jonathan King felt ever more sharply a family responsibility to preserve it.

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Scott Bevan is a senior writer for The Newcastle Herald. He has also worked in radio and television and is the author of six books.

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