53°44′16″N 2°58′34″W / 53.73774°N 2.97621°W | |
Location | Lytham, Lancashire, England |
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Material | Red sandstone |
Completion date | Late 19th century |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Laura Janet monument approximately 30 metres north of Church of St Cuthbert |
Designated | 15 February 1993 |
Reference no. | 1297684 |
The Lifeboat Memorial, Lytham, is in the churchyard of St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham St Annes, Fylde, Lancashire, England. It commemorates the death of 27 lifeboatmen from Southport and St Annes who were lost in the attempt to rescue the crew of the German barque Mexico that had been driven into a sandbank in a gale in 1886. The memorial is in the form of a Gothic-style tabernacle with a crocketed pinnacle. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.