What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The Captain's House. Captain Jack Crocombe 11.04.1854 - 27.05.1933 lived here 1894-1908 In 1899 he led the world famous "Louisa" "Overland Launch" lifeboat rescue and saved the "Forrest Hall" ship Recorded plaque organisation: C & J Parker, Flat-Broke Films.
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- Ian S, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jaggery, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Basher Eyre, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jane Gilbert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andy Potter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rob Farrow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ian Capper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Derek Harper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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