Andrew Aldridge

An Encyclopedia Titanica member since 3rd September 2004 Andrew Aldridge has added 44 items to Encyclopedia Titanica.


			CROW'S NEST TELEPHONE KEY RMS Titanic: Second Officer David Blair OBE. Iron key with brass oval tag attached "Crows Nest Telephone Key". Research by Henry Aldridge and Son, and eminent Titanic historians has established that the key was either to the portable Grah...
			PITMAN'S MBE I Have the honour to send to you herewith the warrant under The King's Sign Manual granting you the dignity of a member of the Civil Division, of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and to inform you that the insignia has been sent ...	13th March 1948
			LIFEBOATS FROM TITANIC REACH THE CARPATHIA	15th April 1912
			PORTRAIT OF THOMAS ANDREWS
			COMMANDER LIGHTOLLER From the frontispiece of his autobiography...	1935
			ROBERTA MAIONI
			ROBERTA MAIONI
			THE WHITE STAR White Star Line cast brass five pointed star removed from the White Star office in Liverpool. 26ins....
			TITANIC LEAVING BELFAST Harley Crossley — Titanic leaving Belfast (Acrylic on Canvas)...
			F. BEST - RELIEF FUND POSTER Titanic disaster poster from Frederick Best and Sons, a fish business, at 33 Millbank Street, Northam, Southampton. it states, in full: "TITANIC" DISASTER. F. BEST BEGS TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF HIS MANY PATRONS AND OTHERS, THAT A...	27th April 1912
			TITANIC BLUEPRINT "R.M.S. Titanic" Harland & Wolff design dept schematic scale blueprint of "Titanic's" plumbing & water systems. Approx 9ft x 20ins. This drawing was the personal property of W.D. Wilson esq., leading draughtsman at Harlan...
			LEWIS HICKMAN
			STUDIO PORTRAIT OF LEONARD HICKMAN
			BOXING PRACTICE IN OLYMPIC'S GYMNASIUM A photograph taken aboard the Olympic by Titanic Saloon Steward Edward Wheelton...
			AUSTIN PARTNER
			AUSTIN AND NELLIE PARTNER
			AUSTIN PARTNER [This item will be sold by Aldridges at their 18th September auction in Devizes.]...
			JACK PHILLIPS Pictured (left) with a colleague aboard the Adriatic...
			CAPTAIN SMITH'S SIGNATURE From an RMS Baltic menu....	18th February 1906
			CAPTAIN SMITH ON BOARD THE MAJESTIC	29th May 1903
			PRAYER BOOK PRIZE (THIRD CLASS)	5th December 1896
			THE ARROLL GANTRY, HARLAND & WOLFF
			CHEQUEBOOK JOURNALISM A Marconigram sent to the Wireless Operator of the Olympic by a New York newspaper....	17th April 1912
			ROBERT BALLARD: CO-DISCOVERER OF THE TITANIC Photograph...	1985
			STEWARD'S BADGE Steward's Badge...
			DAMAGE TO THE OLYMPIC FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH HMS HAWKE	20th September 1911
			DAMAGE TO THE OLYMPIC FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH HMS HAWKE	20th September 1911
			A LIFEBOAT APPROACHES THE CARPATHIA	15th April 1912
			THE FIRST MEAL ON BOARD Menu...	2nd April 1912
			A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Kenneth More as Second Officer Lightoller in a publicity still for the 1958 film A Night to Remember...
			BUTTER PAT White Star Line Butter Pat...
			CARD CASE Silver plated card case from the Titanic. The case was reputedly pilfered from the ship by a steward — a member of the delivery crew from Belfast — because of his disappointment at being transferred to the Olympic prior to the maid...
			CARPATHIA MEDAL Captain Rostron, the officers and crew of the Carpathia each received a medal in recognition of their efforts on the night of April 14th/15th 1912. ...
			DISCHARGE BOOK Bath Steward Frank Herbert Morris' Discharge Book. A continuous record of the ships he worked on and his conduct....
			ENGINEERS' MEMORIAL The Engineers Memorial which was unveiled at Andrews Park, Southampton on 22nd April 1914...
			MATCHES AND MATCHBOX HOLDER White Star Line matches and matchbox holder...
			MATINEE PROGRAMME Programme for a matinee in aid of the the Titanic Relief Fund, 1st May 1912....
			MEDICAL KIT White Star Line medical instruments, in a leather case....
			PINCUSHION A pin cushion bought on board the Titanic. Probably in the barber's shop which stocked toys and novelty items for sale as souveniers....
			SENATE INQUIRY SUMMONS Summons ordering Able Seaman Thomas Jones to attend the Senate Sub-Committee inquiry into the Titanic disaster...
			TITANIC BROOCH Enamel brooch, probably bought in the Titanic's barber's shop, reputedly given to 1st class maid Roberta Maioni by an admiring Steward who lost his life....
			TITANIC CHANDELIER A light fitting from the Olympic, identical to ones fitted in the Grand Staircase of the Titanic ...
			TITANIC IN MEMORIAM CARD
			WHITE STAR LINE KNIFE AND FORK A knife and fork stamped with the White Star Line motif similar to ones used on the Titanic...