David William Besford (1939–2011)
David Besford was a Lowestoft trawler skipper who in 1985 brought in the biggest landing ever made by a beam trawler at the port.
Skipper
Besfords skippered fishing boats out of Lowestoft in Suffolk.
Peter Besford (1936–2014)
Skipper of the Lowestoft trawler Suffolk Kinsman, Peter Besford went overboard in the nets during a rescue in 1961 and swam back to the ship.
William James Besford (1889–1947)
William James Besford, a Lowestoft trawler skipper who helped clear mines off the Belgian coast in the First World War, was lost with the Bucentaur and all her crew in 1947.
Percy Robert Smith Besford (1914–1978)
Percy Robert Smith Besford, born in the Lowestoft area in 1914, was a skipper in the Royal Naval Reserve and was Mentioned in Despatches in the 1944 King’s Birthday Honours.