Richard Henry Brunton
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Richard Henry Brunton FRGS MICE was a British engineer known as the "Father of Japanese lighthouses". Brunton was born in Muchalls, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was employed by the government of Meij
Richard Henry Brunton
The last of Brunton's 26 "children" - the lighthouse at Tsunoshima island, Hohoku, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture
The old pre-Brunton Shirasu lighthouse in the grounds of Kokura Castle
Brunton and Yokohama – the plaque next to his statue in Yokohama records all he did for the city.
Frank Toovey Lake
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Frank Toovey Lake died while serving in Japan with the British Royal Navy. After his death at the age of 19, he was interred on the island of Sanuki Hiroshima in the Seto Inland Sea. Since his burial
Richard Henry Brunton
…Henry Brunton, edited by Edward R. Beauchamp, Greenwood Press, 1991, ISBN 0-313-27795-8 In his memoir, Brunton describes in some detail the burial of Frank Toovey Lake, a midshipman who was sailing with him on HMS Manilla when he was making his first survey of locations to erect the lighthouses. The grave is located…
Copy of Frank Toovey Lake's birth certificate
The grave in 2013
Two participants of the celebration standing behind the new memorial plinth after its unveiling.