encyclopedia titanica

A CENTURY after the Titanic disaster two East Grinstead sisters have revealed how their greatgrandfather went down with the ship George Henry Green a metal worker from Dorking boarded the historic vessel as a third class passenger in April 1912 in search of a new life in America But he never arrived instead becoming one of more than 1500 people who died when the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean 100 years ago This week greatgranddaughters Penelope Simpson and Carolyn Whapham looked back on the life of a family man who they claim was never given the opportunity to be saved Penelope 69 of Wray Close Ashurst Wood said When he died it threw everyone to bits One minute they had everything and then their world fell apart