Memorial plaque to Simon Coates, who died aged 3 in 1644.

Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Thame, Oxfordshire.

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Lady Chapel, St Andrew's church, Isleham, Cambridgeshire

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Headstone to 9-year-old George Beloe, St Nicholas' churchyard, Great Yarmouth.

On 2 May 1845, a large crowd had gathered on the suspension bridge over the river Bure to watch a popular clown called Arthur Nelson sail up the river in a washing tub pulled by geese, to publicise the arrival of a circus. Tragically, as the clown approached, the crowd surged to the side of the bridge and one of the supporting chains snapped, precipitating hundreds into the water. 78 people died, most of them children under 16.

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Life-sized memorial to Humphrey Jervis-White-Jervis, who died in his 4th year in 1900. Churchyard of St Peter's, Freston, Suffolk.

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Tomb of 15-year-old Thomas Jermyn, who was killed in 1692 when the broken mast of a ship fell on him in the Thames. The epitaph reads:-

"Here Lyeth the Body of
Mr THOMAS JERMYN
A Hopefull Youth, the onley, and most dearly beloved
Sonne of THOMAS, LORD JERMYN and MARY his wife, who most unfortunately lost his life by the accidental fall of a Mast, on the 27th day of December 1692: a day never to be forgotten by his unhappy Father and Mother.
He was aged 15 Years and 26 Days."

South chapel, St Nicholas' church, Rushbrooke, Suffolk

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