EMDEE wrote:I last visited the Inneans Bay in 1997, and noticed that the Sailor's Grave was in a dreadful state. I can remember it in the 1970s when it was adorned with glass fishing net floats, and there was even a poem inscribed on the cross, and it looked as if it was being looked after. In 1997 it was overgrown and the cross was lopsided and tied together with orange twine. I actually took a photo of it which I have somewhere in the house.
Can anybody who has been there recently give an update on the state of the grave? Does anybody know who used to look after it in former years, as there must have been somebody tending it?
The sailor has been a presence at the bay for almost a century now.
EMDEE, the first two pics were taken by me some 7 years ago or may be more, the other two were taken by a friend in June last year.As you can see there has been little change to the cross and is in good condition thanks to visitors whom do there wee bit to preserve this grave. I think I know of one person whom I was told gives it a coat of paint regulary and attends to the stones around it.The plaques on the cross say God Knows and 6th May 1917.It is nice to know that this unknown mariner's grave receives a lot of respect from the people that visit the bay.