Mull, I've copied the article you advised me about and I would imagine that it was Pierce Jones Snr who made that tragic discovery, I've walked along the coast at that point but didn't notice the memorial at the time. I hope that it is still there but there have been a number of fatalities on the Little Orme too.
THE HIDDEN MEMORIAL.
At the foot of the Rhiwledyn cliffs, there is a stone memorial commemorating a fatal accident.
On Monday the 30th of August, 1897, Frederick Stone, a Derby Solicitor, his wife, and their 14 year old son, Hubert, returned to their Mostyn Crescent Hotel having spent the day visiting the Menai Straits. Hubert went out without informing his parents. His father assumed he had gone to the beach, but when he failed to return he went to search for him. He found no trace and the following morning reported the fact at Llandudno Police Station.
Frederick Stone travelled to Colwyn Bay and Conwy and also walked over the Little Orme. He offered a reward for any information as to his son’s whereabouts.
On the 2nd of September, a local plasterer, Pierce Jones and two companions, found Hubert Stone’s body. They had taken a boat and rowed around the base of the Little Orme. At the foot of a steep cliff just above the high tide mark they discovered his body.
In memory of his son, and as a warning to others, Frederick Stone arranged to construct a memorial to Hubert at the foot of the cliff where the body was discovered. A stone cross was laid flat supported on a plinth of rounded stones a little above the mark of the highest tides.
Visiting the memorial is certainly a very risky business clambering over rocks, and the time to do so safely is very limited. Over the years many have mistimed the operation and have had to wade or swim back or to scramble up the cliff and wait for the next low tide, almost twelve hours later.
On the memorial is the inscription,
“Sacred to the memory of Hubert Stone, of Derby who fell and died here on or about August 30/ 1897, aged 14. God grant that we meet again in a Happier Valley.”
Photo: Memorial -Tom Parry Site