Frederik Lambertsen - Gormsgade kirkegård - Esbjerg, Danmark - Death Mask Gravestones on Waymarking.com

Gravsten for Redningsbådsfører Frederik Lambertsen på Kirkegården ved Gormsgade. Gravstenen er udført i granit og dødsmasken i bronze. Han omkom 30. oktober 1935 under en redningsaktion af fiskerbåden Elna. Under redningsaktionen skyllede en stor bølge over redningsbåden, og Fredrik Lambertsen blev skyllet over bord og druknede. Danske Redningsmand rejste denne gravsten med hans dødsmaske.
Hans Hustru Magdalene Lambertsen er begravet i samme gravsted.

På kirkegården er den endnu en gravsten hvor der var en dødsmaske. Det er gravstenen for faldskærmsudspringer John Tranum. Hans dødsmaske var udført i bronze og blev desværre blevet stjålet i 2015. Desværre sker der tyverier af bronzefigurer, engle, fugle og andet gravpynt på kirkegården.



Tombstone for lifeboat captain Frederik Lambertsen at the Cemetery at Gormsgade. The tombstone is made of granite and the death mask in bronze. He died on October 30, 1935 during a rescue operation of the fishing boat Elna. During the rescue operation, a large wave washed over the lifeboat, and Fredrik Lambertsen was washed overboard and drowned. Danish Rescuer raised this tombstone with his death mask.
His wife Magdalene Lambertsen is buried in the same burial ground.

In the cemetery there is another tombstone where there was a death mask. It's the tombstone of skydiver John Tranum. His death mask was made of bronze and was unfortunately stolen in 2015. Unfortunately, thefts of bronze figures, angels, birds and other grave decorations take place in the cemetery.






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Name of Cemetery: Kirkegården ved Gormsgade Condition of Death Mask: good Gravestone Inscription: Redningsbaadsfører Frederik Lambertsen. F. 13. juni 1878 D.30. oktbr. 1935 Ingen har større kærlighed end denne, at han sætter sit liv til for sine venner. (No one has greater love than this that he puts his life on for his friends) Magdalene Lambertsen F. 2. dec. 1880 D. 22. maj 1959 Danske Redningsmænd satte stenen.

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