John Benjamin DIKE

1856 - 1897  (41 years)

• Name	John Benjamin DIKE
  Birth	1856	Margate, Kent   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Dec 1897	At sea off, Margate, Kent   [2]
  	Benjamin drowned with eight other men when the Surfboat 'Friend To All Nations' he was in, capsized in a stormy sea going to the rescue of a stricken ship. http://www.margatehandbook.co.uk/?page=articles&article=107
  Burial	8 Dec 1897	St John, Margate, Kent   [3]
  Person ID	I4097	GhentGoodFamilyTree
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family	Charlotte WATLER,   b. 19 Jul 1853, Margate, Kent d. 1943, Tonbridge, Kent (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1880	Thanet, Kent   [4]
  Children	1. John Benjamin DIKE,   b. 1881, Margate, Kent d. 1976, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 95 years)  [Father: Birth]   2. Thomas Lionel Seymour DIKE,   b. 1883, Margate, Kent d. 1928, Kent County Mental Hospital, Chartham, Kent (Age 45 years)  [Father: Birth]   3. Albert Edward DIKE,   b. 1884, Margate, Kent d. 1885, Margate, Kent (Age 1 year)  [Father: Birth]   4. Emily Gertrude DIKE,   b. 16 Jan 1887, Margate, Kent d. 1970, Margate, Kent (Age 82 years)  [Father: Birth]   5. Florence Mabel DIKE,   b. 1889, Margate, Kent d. 1889, Margate, Kent (Age 0 years)  [Father: Birth]   6. Mabel Grace DIKE,   b. 27 May 1891, Margate, Kent   7. Rosina Ellen DIKE,   b. 14 Sep 1893, Margate, Kent d. 1949, Margate, Kent (Age 55 years)  [Father: Birth]   8. Ella Blanche DIKE,   b. 18 Mar 1896, Margate, Kent d. 1977, Margate, Kent (Age 80 years)  [Father: Birth]
  Family ID	F1193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1856 - Margate, Kent Marriage - 1880 - Thanet, Kent Burial - 8 Dec 1897 - St John, Margate, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		John Benjamin Dike The Margate Surfboat Disaster of 1897 From The Margate Handbook Nov. 2009 Author: Mick Twyman.
  		John Benjamin Dike Coroner's Hearing & Report.
  		John Benjamin Dike Funeral Service Cover
  		John Benjamin Dike Funeral Service p4
  		John Benjamin Dike Funeral Service p3
  		John Benjamin Dike Funeral Service p2
  		John Benjamin Dike Poem -'Loss Of The Margate Surf Lifeboat' by T.J.C.

  
  

  Albums

  The Margate Surfboat Disaster 2nd Dec 1897 (15) Nine brave men perished attempting a rescue mission to the 'Persian Empire' which had become damaged after a collision with the 'Carlisle City'.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44044] England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, 4th Qtr 1856, 2a, 573 (Reliability: 3). Thanet, Kent [S44248] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, 4th Qtr 1897, 2a, 534 (Reliability: 3). Thanet, Kent [S03208] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 (Reliability: 3). [S40943] England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005, 2nd Qtr 1880, 2a, 1252 (Reliability: 3). Thanet, Kent