Crew of SHAMROCK IV, America's Cup, 1920. Photograph taken in America when the crew went out to join SHAMROCK which had been laid-up for the duration of WW1. Walter Bibby from Tollesbury was a yacht skipper and he also crewed on Shamrock IV in the 1920 America's Cup challenge. He is the third person standing up from the right hand side of the picture. Ted Heard, Mate, is to the right of the lifebuoy. Walter is Peter Bibby's grandfather. [ Peter Bibby ]

Names from Paul Fisher's copy of the photograph:
L-R Back row 1. Fire Station Chief City Island, 2. ? Rowhedge, 3. Len Rowley Brightlingsea, 4. Coates Tollesbury, 5. Bill Shad West Coast, 6. Walter Leavett Tollesbury, 7. Bob French Mersea, 8. Arthur South Tollesbury, 9. Ethelbert Leavett Tollesbury, 10. Walter Bibby Tollesbury, 11. Ben Heard, Tollesbury, 12. E. Cox Itchen 2nd row sitting 1. Cook ? Rowhedge, 2. Jack Layzell Tollesbury, 3. Ernie Springett Rowhedge, 4. "Bogey" Frost Tollesbury, 5. Captain Turner Wivenhow, 6. Will Leavett Tollesbury, 7. Col. Neill, 8. Death Brightlingsea, 9. Captain Ted Heard, 10. - Short (Port Isaac ? West Coast ?), 11. "Skylark" Rowhedge, 12. Dick Heard Tollesbury
Front row kneeling 1. Cook Wivenhoe, 2. Barnard Rowhedge, 3. Uriah Heard Tollesbury, 4. Bill Ryans, 5. Norman Short
Date: 1920
Image: Mersea Museum / Peter Bibby Collection
Image ID PBIB_SHM_002