Grave omission: when he died in 1904 Henry Freeman, coxswain of Whitby lifeboat who had helped save over 300 lives was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave. Four boys from Whitby School considered it was high lime the town honoured one of its heroes and successfully raised the £300 needed for a headstone.

The four boys, Carl Bennett, Stephen Humble, Leslie Gordon and Mark Brown are pictured here (right) with the present day coxswain, Peter Thomson, at the dedication of the headstone.

Whitby lifeboat crew gave £75 to the project from their own service payments.

photograph by courtesy of Whitby Gazette.