Beauchamp Lifeboat Memorial, Caister-on-Sea

The Beauchamp Lifeboat Memorial, unveiled in 1903, is dedicated to the crew of the Beauchamp Lifeboat. It is made from Carrara Marble and is square in shape, situated within an enclosure defined by a low marble kerb and surrounded by railings from the late 20th century. The memorial is located in the north-west corner of the East and West Caister Village Cemetery on Ormesby Road.

The base of the memorial rests on a square slab, with the marble sculpted to depict waves and rocks above. On the front of the base, there is a panel carved to show a lifeboat, inscribed with the following words: "HERE UNDER LIE/ THE BODIES OF NINE MEN OF CAISTER/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LIFEBOAT BEAUCHAMP/ ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 14TH 1901/ WHILST GALLANTLY RESPONDING TO/ SIGNALS OF DISTRESS./ THIS MONUMENT/ HAS BEEN ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY/ BY A LARGE NUMBER OF THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN/ WHO HONOURED THEIR BRAVERY AND PRESERVED THOSE/ DEPENDENT UPON THEM FROM WANT." Above the rocks, there is a lifebuoy inscribed with "CAISTER LIFE BOAT," along with an anchor, a broken oar, ropes, a rudder, laurel wreaths, chains, and a folded sail. The column that rises from the rocks is designed to resemble a broken ship’s mast. Surrounding the kerb are nine marble blocks, each inscribed with the name of one of the men who perished, including Aaron Walter Haylett, James Henry Haylett, William Frederick Brown, William Wilson, Henry James Knights, John William Smith, Charles John Brown, Charles Bonney George, and George Ernest King, along with their ages at the time of death.