As an aside to Cliffs post Anyone who has searched parish registers around the coast or visited churchyards will know just how commonplace it was to find unidentified bodies washed up and who quite often remained unidentified Its a surprising common occurrence Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 09/04/2016 20:44, Cliff. Johnston wrote: > I should have added that these unidentified bodies were only one portion > of the bodies recovered as many were identified. Most of the murdered > seamen had some money in their pockets and went ashore to buy clothes, > shoes, get a good meal and a drink (or 2 or 3 or more). They were easy > targets for the dock gangs. > > Good hunting, > > Cliff. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus