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  (1956) QUEEN MARY AT SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS
A panoramic view of Southampton Docks circa 1956, with RMS Queen Mary alongside. The small shunting locomotive visible in the centre of  the picture was a former USA Transportation Corps "switcher", one of several that had been sold...
  1956  
  SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS
Looking towards the Ocean /White Star Dock c. 1912...
   
  SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS
   
guardian.co.uk (2009) TITANIC MUSEUM TO OPEN IN SOUTHAMPTON BY 2012
It is 97 years next month since she went down, but the Titanic - the supposedly unsinkable liner that scraped an iceberg in the north Atlantic on her maiden voyage and sank with the loss of 1,500 people - continues to exercise a huge public fascination. There have been several films and myriad books and documentaries, Belfast has its Titanic quarter around the docks where she was built - and now Southampton, the city which provided most of the crew, is planning its own interactive museum, to open in time for the centenary in 2012....
31st March 2009  
  JOHN QUINN: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
John Quinn was born in Belfast on 3rd March 1876 the son of a shoemaker, he was one of ...
   
Belfast Telegraph (2006) TV STAR DELIGHTED BY RETURN OF SS NOMADIC
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31st January 2006  
Southern Evening Echo (1968) OBITUARY
TITANIC survivor Mr. Ernest Allen, of Salisbury Road, Highfield, Southampton, a stoker in the ill-fated liner, has died at his home at the age of 80. Mr. Allen nearly lost his life in an attempt to save his younger brother, who was at sea for the fir...
30th December 1968  
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) (1908) SOUTHAMPTON, PORT OF
Southampton, Port of. The Southampton Docks, now owned and managed by the London and South-Western Railway Co., are situated within a perfectly sheltered harbour, and have the unusual natural advantage of double tides, with pract...
  1908  
  THE MILLER'S SON
Albert Barker was born in the village of King's Worthy on the River Itchen in Hampshire, just a few miles upstream from the dock where Titanic would begin its voyage 19 years later. His father was a miller at nearby Abbot's W...
   
Akron Beacon Journal (2010) THE TITANIC DOCKS AT COSI
Imagine you are a passenger on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. That's the experience that awaits visitors to Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition scheduled to open at the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus on March 27, and runs through September 2, 2010....
6th January 2010  
Los Angeles Times (2008) THE TITANIC DOCKS AT THE LUXOR
AFTER midnight on a recent Tuesday, a crowd has gathered behind velvet ropes in front of the Luxor on the Las Vegas Strip, as if waiting for the Hilton sisters to arrive. Instead, they're watching a flatbed truck with a huge piece of jagged, round steel that looks like a postmodern sculpture....
3rd September 2008  
KIDK (2009) TITANIC DOCKS AT THE MUSEUM OF IDAHO
"Seeing the real artifacts and seeing these items that somebody actually carried onto the ship is pretty exciting to see," says Shelly Smede.Come aboard the Titanic for a voyage of a lifetime. The moment captured in time, taking visitors on a journey through the tales and legends from the life on board to the depths of the sea....
5th March 2009  
  SOUTHAMPTON TERMINUS
A panoramic view of  Southampton Terminus railway station, circa 1912, at which time it was known as Southampton Town & Dock....
   
New York Times (1907) [WHITE STAR'S FIRST SAILING FROM SOUTHAMPTON]
SOUTHAMPTON, June 5---The White Star Line steamer Adriatic, which sailed from here at about 1 o'clock this afternoon for New York on her first Western trip from Southampton, was given an enthusiastic send-off, many craft crowd...
6th June 1907  
  SOUTHAMPTON TERMINUS
The rear elevation of Southampton Terminus, circa 1912. Note the Southampton Corporation tramcar....
   
Southern Daily Echo (2002) HUMAN TRAGEDY OF THE TITANIC
Mrs Saunders, a widow, was walking down Bridge Street in the direction of Southampton Docks railway station. She was carrying her handbag, which contained six shillings. John Dixon was also walking in Bridge Street. He had arrive...
16th February 2002  
Isle of Man Today (2009) THE TRAGIC TALE OF THE TITANIC ARRIVES IN DOUGLAS
THE Manx Operatic Society will be taking theatre-goers on a week-long journey on board the Titanic. Titanic the Musical docks at the Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, this Saturday until March 28....
20th March 2009  
Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) LANDING MOST PATHETIC SIGHT
New York, April 19. Worcester Evening Gazette. Worcester, Mass. Have just left Cunard docks after witnessing arrival of Titanic's rescued passengers on the Carpathia. It was the most pathetic and tr...
20th April 1912  
GlobeNewsWire (2009) AFTER 97 YEARS, TITANIC DOCKS IN NEW YORK CITY
ATLANTA, June 4, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PRXI), announced today that Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition will open at Discovery Times Square Exposition on June 24, 2009 for a limited engagement. ...
5th June 2009  
Brighton Standard Blade (2007) SHIP OF DREAMS DOCKS AT DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE
As hard as it is for me to swallow, I didn't survive. Nor did my wife, Augusta, sons Charles, William, Harold and Sidney, or daughters Lillian and Jessie. My entire family, lost to the frigid waters of the north Atlantic.The worst part? The circumstances leading to our demise were a cruel mistake, a wicked, unplanned twist of fate....
3rd August 2007  
  STONE FAMILY INFORMATION
Edmund Stone was born in Southampton in 1879. He was the son of William Stone (Railway Inspector) and Agnes Mary Jane Stone. In 1881 the UK Census has the family at 7 Brinton's Terrace, Southampton. With William and Agnes Stone were their 4 ...
   
BBC News (2006) BELFAST SURVIVOR SET FOR HOMECOMING
By Julian O'Neill BBC Newsline reporterAmid the shipwrecks scattered about Le Havre docks in France is a survival story. The SS Nomadic, a rusting relic so nearly sent to the scrapyard, is ready to come home. [Ph...
11th July 2006  
The Toronto World (1912) SOUTHAMPTON TOWN OF MOURNING
SOUTHAMPTON, April 16.---Distressing scenes have been witnessed thruout the morning at the White Star offices here, which have been thronged by the relatives of the crew of the Titanic.  The town is absolutely stunned by the news of t...
17th April 1912  
BBC Northern Ireland (2006) NOMADIC DOCKS AT THE ODYSSEY
The SS Nomadic has been towed up the River Lagan and has been docked beside the Odyssey in Belfast harbour. Nomadic, which arrived in Belfast on Saturday, was used to ferry passengers to the ill-fated Titanic. A welcome home ceremony which had been planned for the ship at the Odyssey for Monday had to be cancelled after a man working onboard the vessel died. The ship will remain at the Odyssey for the next two days before it is taken away for restoration. ...
19th July 2006  
BBC News (2006) NOMADIC ARRIVES IN BELFAST
The SS Nomadic, one of the last remaining links to the Titanic, has reached Belfast after a four-day trip from the French port of Le Havre.The boat completed its historic home-coming after being towed on a barge up Belfast Lough on Saturday.The Nomadic, which was built in the city, once ferried first class passengers to the doomed liner.It will remain at Belfast docks until Monday when it will go on show near the Odyssey Centre for a few days.It will then be removed again for restoration. ...
16th July 2006  
  SOUTHAMPTON ROYAL PIER
The small station at Southampton Pier, which was in use from 1891 until 1914.  The excursion steamer is typical of those which ran across the Solent to and from the Isle of Wight....
   
  (1912) CONTEMPORARY OBITUARY
WAS born in Southampton forty-three years ago. He served his apprenticeship in the works of the London and South-Western Railway Co., and after other appointments sailed in vessels owned by the company as second engineer. Four years were spent with t...
  1912  
New York Times (1907) SOUTHAMPTON EN FETE
Arrival of Adriatic Inaugurates the New White Star Service --- SOUTHAMPTON, May 30---The City of Southampton was in holiday attire to-day in honor of the arrival here of the White Star liner Adriatic, f...
31st May 1907  
  1910 MAP OF SOUTHAMPTON
From Baedeker's Great Britain 1910 (used with permission of Verlag Karl Baedeker GMBH)...
   
The Times (1956) TITANIC SURVIVOR DEAD
One of the few surviving members of the crew of the liner Titanic, Mr James Crimmins, died suddenly at a Southampton Salvation Army hostel yesterday, at the age of 65. (The Times of London, February 17, 1956, p. 3) * Cri...
17th February 1956  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS: WILLIAM DUFFY
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial....
   
New York Times (1901) A PLAN TO FEED ENGLAND
Cold Storage and Shipping Company's Plants in English Cities --- They Will Contain Products Worth Hundreds of Millions---Americans Conceive the Scheme --- J. M. Smart, who is connected with the Southampton Cold Storage Com...
26th May 1901  
ARTINFO ARTWORK SALE TO FUND TITANIC MUSEUM OPPOSED IN ENGLAND
SOUTHAMPTON, England— The Southampton City Council’s plans to auction off two artworks to help fund a museum dedicated to the Titanic is drawing art world opposition, with some critics fearing the precedent the sale might set....
   
Southern Daily Echo (2009) SOUTHAMPTON TO STAGE EVENTS MARKING 97TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC TRAGEDY
A MONTH-LONG series of commemorative events will be staged in Southampton to mark the 97th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic. Fascination with the ship, her passengers and crew still continues unabated....
18th March 2009  
  (1913) DEATH CERTIFICATE
Certified Copy of an Entry of Death Registration District  ...
  1913  
Belfast Telegraph (2006) TITANIC ACHIEVEMENT: NOMADIC SAILS INTO BELFAST
Fans of the SS Nomadic will be dressing up in period costume to welcome her as she makes a triumphant return to Belfast's docks this evening.The ship has already made an appearance in Belfast Lough as she arrived on Saturday morning but her official homecoming will take place this evening.As the Titanic's 'little sister' proceeds up the Lagan to dock next to the Odyssey Arena, she will receive a chorus from a brass band as supporters dressed in Edwardian fashion cheer her.A party of members of the French Titanic Society (AFT) who worked closely with Belfast Industrial Heritage in the hard-fought campaign to save Nomadic from the scrapyard will be present this evening to welcome her home.The 95-year-old vessel was bought by the Department of Social Development in January at auction in Paris....
17th July 2006  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Jersey Address: 28 Old St. Johns Road, Jersey. In 1996 his family were still in business in Southampton - Baitdiggers and Fishing Tackle Dealers. Jack Poingdestre, whose parents lived at 28, Old St. John's Road, also had hi...
   
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) BELFAST, PORT OF
Belfast, Port of. Belfast Harbour, the premier harbour of Ireland, is at the head of Belfast Lough, in latitude 54° 36' N., 5° 56' W. The time of high water at full and change is 10 hours and 43 minutes. The ri...
   
New York Times (1907) SEAMEN'S STRIKE ABROAD
LIVERPOOL, May 22---The projected move of the White Star Line to Southampton is responsible for a dispute between seamen and firemen and the company which threatens to spread. A hundred men belonging to the Oceanic refused to sai...
23rd May 1907  
BBC News (2010) SOUTHAMPTON AUTHORITY CRITICISED OVER ART SELL-OFF BID
A council has been criticised by the Charity Commission over its plan to sell off art work in order to raise £5m to help fund a new Titanic museum. Southampton City Council had planned to sell work by French sculptor Auguste Rodin and British painter Sir Alfred Munnings but later dropped the idea. ...
26th February 2010  
  (1912) LETTER TO HIS MOTHER
Mrs. Thomas Mudd, The Street, Hunting Field, Halesworth, Suffolk. Dear Mother, Arrived at Southampton safe - The Titanic is a splendid boat and you hardly know you are moving. Will write more fully later Your loving Son Tom. PS ...
  1912  
Guardian online (2009) TITANIC MUSEUM TO OPEN IN SOUTHAMPTON BY 2012
Southampton is planning its own interactive Titanic museum to open in time for the centenary in 2012....
31st March 2009  
  RELIEF FUND
Cross, W. 97 Ludlow Road, Itchen, Southampton. Fireman. 39. (Hampshire). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 72. Cross, Annie. Widow. Class G dependent. He has a Memorial bri...
   
Washington Times (1912) CAPITAL RESIDENTS IN NEW YORK FOR CARPATHIA'S COMING
Anxious for News From Friends Aboard the Titanic --- With barely one thread of hope that three of the Washingtonians who sailed from Southampton on the ill-fated Titanic a week ago yesterday are still alive, a party of Washingtonians to...
18th April 1912  
Southern Daily Echo (2009) MILLVINA DEAN TO BE BURIED TODAY
Mourners are due to gather in Southampton to say a final farewell to Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster, today. Millvina, who died aged 97, was the youngest passenger on board the illfated White Star liner w...
16th June 2009  
New York Times (1907) ROUSED BY WHITE STAR LINE
Liverpool and Queenstown Protest Against Change to Southampton --- LIVERPOOL, Jan. 9---Because of the strong feeling aroused locally by the statement that the White Star Line purposed to divert its steamers to Southampt...
10th January 1907  
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (1992) THE STORY OF TITANIC SURVIVOR MR. THOMAS KNOWLES
SOME of you who were on the Titanic's re-enactment voyage on the Waterfront Ferry Hotspur VI, out of Southampton docks back at the Convention in April, may remember that the Captain of the Ferry we were aboard passed me a note sa...
  1992  
Western Daily Mercury (1912) STEWARDESSES INTERVIEWED
Shortly before the special train steamed out of the docks, two of the stewardesses who are returning to their homes – Mrs. Gold and Mrs. Martin – granted a brief interview, in which they narrated their experiences. They were first-class stewardesses ...
30th April 1912  
  (1881) BIRTH CERTIFICATE
CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF BIRTH Registration District Southam...
  1881  
Western Morning News (1912) WESTCOUNTRY CONNECTIONS
A representative called at the residence of Mr. J. A. Pascoe, Crownhill, whose brother, Mr. C. H. Pascoe, is believed to be the only Westcountry member of the crew saved in the Titanic disaster, and had the pleasure of an interesting conversation wit...
29th April 1912  
Southern Daily Echo (2006) TWINNING WILL CEMENT TITANIC LINK
In a cemetery in the Canadian town of Halifax in Nova Scotia, around 150 victims of the Titanic disaster are buried. Their bodies were recovered from the freezing waters of the north Atlantic days after the sinking.Now, leisure chiefs in Southampton are planning to cement the relationship between the two cities by signing an official "twinning" accord with the Canadians.The Mayor of Southampton, Councillor John Slade, is set to visit Halifax in March next year as part of the 95th anniversary commemorations of the disaster....
13th November 2006  
  SHIERS FAMILY INFORMATION
Alfred Charles Shiers was born in Devonport, Plymouth, Devon on 11th June 1886, the son of Alfred and May Shiers. His siblings were Frederick (b.1888) and Michael (b.1890). Shortly following his birth the family left Devon and settled at Southampton...
   
Guernsey Evening Press (1912) JACK POINGDESTRE
Jack Poingdestre, whose parents lived at 28, Old St. John's Road Jersey, also had his home in Southampton. A month earlier he had been on the crew of the Oceana when it sank of Newhaven. That had been on March 16th. He at least was used to shipwrecks...
  April 1912  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO EDWARD DODD
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO RENNY DODDS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also ...
   
  MEMORIALS TO ALBERT GEORGE ERVINE
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial....
   
The Times (2009) MILLVINA DEAN, LAST LIVING SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC, DIES AGED 97
Nearly a century after she was rescued from the decks of the sinking Titanic, the last remaining survivor of the disaster has died, aged 97.Elizabeth Gladys Dean, known as Millvina, died today at the nursing home near Southampton where he...
31st May 2009  
  TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 102. Foster, Elizabeth Ann, mother. Foster, Mary, widow. Children: Vera and Leah. All class G dependants. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, S...
   
New York Times (1907) WHITE STAR LINE AFTER CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC
Service to Channel Ports Also to be Installed by Cunard Line --- WILL RIVAL GERMAN BOATS --- Mails to Two-thirds of England and All Scotland and Ireland Will Be Delayed by This Action --- The announcem...
8th January 1907  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO HENRY DYER
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
From the Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet (March 1913) Number 38. Biggs. Thomas, Father. Biggs Mrs. Mother. Both class G dependants. From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Ar...
   
  HAMBLYN FAMILY INFORMATION
Ernest William Hamblyn was born in Plymouth, Devon and his birth was registered there in the December Quarter of 1865. He remains elusive in early life but has been traced to Shirley, Southampton in the England & Wales 1901 census. It h...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
   
  MEMORIALS: ARTHUR ROUS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
   
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
An Exonian on board was Mr Harry Dyer, second son of Q.M.S. Dyer and Mrs Dyer of Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter. A smart young fellow, 25 years of age, he was fourth engineer, having transferred from the Olympic. He was in Exeter for a short holiday a...
  1912  
Southern Evening Echo (1952) UNTITLED
GOING through the contents of a war damaged safe after returning from his recent Australian tour Mr. Hector Young, O.B.E., former Southampton Mayor, came across a tattered postcard and a letter which brought back memories of the ill-fated White Star ...
9th December 1952  
  (1912) TITANIC ARRIVES IN SOUTHAMPTON
3rd April 1912  
New York Times (1912) TITANIC TESTS HER SPEED
Then She Sails for Southampton to Prepare for Maiden Voyage by Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times LONDON, April 2.—The White Star liner Titanic, which has just been completed by Ha...
3rd April 1912  
  BARNES : MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 52. Barnes, Amelia, widow. Alice, Rose, William, Ann and Henry children. All class G dependants. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southam...
   
Southern Daily Echo DESIGNERS UNVEILED FOR SOUTHAMPTON'S TITANIC MUSEUM
THE team that will design Southampton’s £15m Titanic museum has been appointed. In a major step forward for the world-class tourist attraction, Southampton City Council has appointed award-winning architects Wilkinson Ey...
   
Stratford Express (1912) THE TITANIC DISASTER
Mr William Dixon Mackie, fifth engineer on the steamship Titanic, who, it is feared has perished in the wreck of that ill-fated vessel. Mr Mackie, who was 31 years of age, had resided recently when ashore at 2b, Margery Park-road, For...
20th April 1912  
  MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : JAMES FRASER
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 99. Fraser, Florence, widow. Children: Florence Stephen and James. Stephen, Jane, widow's mother. All class B dependants. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book n...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES SMITH
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
   
  H. M. T. OLYMPIC LEAVING SOUTHAMPTON
The Ship that Brought me home Left Southampton June 7th - Arrived halifax June 132th 1919 1914 - Canadian Expeditionary Force - 1918 Mons   St Eloi   Neuve Chapelle   Y...
   
  SAMUEL HEMMING'S GRAVE
Hollybrook Cemetery, Lordshill, Southampton...
   
  (2005) HERCULES
One of the tugs that got lines aboard New York and kept her from striking Titanic as the latter was leaving her Southampton dock. Port of Registry: South...
20th February 2005  
RTE (2009) FUNERAL FOR TITANIC'S LAST SURVIVOR
The funeral has taken place in England of the last survivor of the Titanic disaster, Millvina Dean. The private service, attended by family and friends, took place at Southampton Crematorium, the funeral directors confirmed. ...
16th June 2009  
Southern Evening Echo (1952) UNTITLED
A Former White Star man who was a survivor of the Titanic disaster in April, 1912, 81-years-old Mr. John Hardy, left Southampton for New York last night in U.S. Lines America after his first home visit in 18 years. Mr. Hardy, who is now living...
14th May 1952  
Southern Evening Echo (1964) KEEPING IN TOUCH
FIFTY-TWO years ago, Titanic survivor Mr Ernest Allen, of 40 Salisbury Road, Highfield, Southampton was a stoker in the ill-fated Titanic. Today at 72 years of age, he is still stoking and at the Ordnance Survey Office, London Road, Southampton, cont...
4th September 1964  
  HENRY BREWER'S WIFE?
     This is the family story as it has been passed to me form my grandparents, Edith and William Prewitt, now deceased and my father, Ronald Prewitt, very much alive as of 11/25/2005 born 3/16/1920. I spoke with him this ev...
   
  (1912) MARCONIGRAM
To: Hardy, Oakleigh, Holyrood Avenue, Highfield, Southampton, England. "Safe and well. - Jack"...
18th April 1912  
  FREDERICK MANTLE : MANSION HOUSE RELIEF FUND
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number C510. Mantle, Ellen Rosina, widow. Stagg, Florence Agnes, mother. Both class F dependants. (From the T...
   
Southampton Times and Hampshire Express (1912) MR. C. H. LIGHTOLLER, THE SECOND OFFICER
Mr. C. H. Lightoller, the second officer on the ill-fated Titanic, who is reported to be among the survivors, lived at Netley Abbey, and on Wednesday one of our representatives called on his wife at their residence at Hound to convey congratula...
20th April 1912  
  FRED FLEET'S GRAVE
Arranged and paid by the Titanic Historical Society...
   
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Henry Philip Creese was born in Falmouth, Cornwall in 1868. He was the son of Charles and Jane Creese. He had an elder brother, William Creese who was to lose his life on 19 November 1917 when the submarine, SS Jutland, was torpedoed off the Britta...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO ARTHUR WILLIAM MAY
Named on the right hand panel of the St. Augustines Church Memorial, (Maritime Museum) Southampton. also has a stone in Fair view Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Titanic section, number 141. (Late in 1990 I found a grave at ...
   
  (1901) CENSUS
In 1901 William Abrams (born in Hants Gosport) was aged 23 years. He lived in Southampton and worked as a Stoker....
  1901  
  (2005) VULCAN
One of two tugs that threw lines aboard New York, keeping her from striking Titanic as the latter, while leaving the dock at Southampton, pulled the New York toward her. ...
13th February 2005  
  STEAMING AWAY
This drawing by Ole Kolborg from Denmark was drawn originally for The Grapes pub in Southampton where some Titanic crewmen gathered prior to departure....
   
  EDWARD THOMAS STONE FAMILY INFORMATION
Edward Thomas Stone was born in 1882/83 in Shirley, Southampton. He himself quotes his birthplace as Cornwall when signing on Titanic but this appears to be erroneous. (It is currently assumed that he lived there for a while when young). He was the ...
   
The Syracuse Herald (1912) FIRE RAGED ON TITANIC FIVE DAYS
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20th April 1912  
  (1923) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTES
Book 3, Southampton Area The Committee authorises the continuance of Allowance of 3/- per week until 30th June 1924. ...
23rd June 1923  
  MEMORIAL
Named on this memorial, now on display in two section at Southampton Maritime Museum....
   
  CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON'S GRAVE
Pictured in 1998...
   
  (1912) TITANIC SAILS
At noon on 10th April 1912 Titanic departs Southampton for Cherbourg....
10th April 1912  
  MEMORIAL
Named on the left hand panel of the St. Augustines Church Memorial, (Maritime Museum) Southampton....
   
Barking Chronicle (1912) THE TITANIC DISASTER. EAST HAM RESIDENTS MISSING
We learn that Mr and Mrs R.J. Rogers, of 11 Southchurch Gardens, East Ham, have a son and a nephew amongst the crew of the Titanic, the deplorable sinking of which has created such widespread consternation...
19th April 1912  
Cambridge Chronicle (1912) EXCERPT
Falling ice from the berg killed many persons on the decks. - William Jones, of Southampton, fireman. [page 5]...
26th April 1912  
  MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
   
Cambridge Chronicle (1912) CAMBRIDGE MAN ABOARD
It is feared that a Cambridge man was among those who lost their lives, and great anxiety is felt by his parents, who live in Cambridge, and relatives and close friends, as to his safety. We refer to Mr. A. W. Barringer, a native of Cambridge, who we...
19th April 1912  
  (1912) TITANIC LEAVES BELFAST FOR SOUTHAMPTON
Titanic departs commanded by Captain Bartlett, later to command the Britannic on her final voyage....
2nd April 1912  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND: WILLIAM DUFFY
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 88. Duffy, Ethel, widow; child: Mary; Ward, Marion, Aunt. All class D dependants. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area) ...
  March 1913  
  (1909) DATE OF MARRIAGE
William Farr Penny married Phyllis Maud Harrison on the October 21st 1909 in the parish of St Matthews at Southampton. He was 28 bachelor and his occupation was listed as a Steward...
21st October 1909  
Daily Mail (2009) LAST SURVIVING PASSENGER OF THE TITANIC MILLVINA DEAN DIES AGED 97
The Titanic's last surviving passenger has died today at the age of 97.Millvina Dean, who was just nine weeks old when the historic liner sank in 1912, died in the early hours of this morning after being cared for at a Southampton nursing...
31st May 2009  
  (1913) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTES
Book number 2, Southampton Area Case number C489. A grant of 10/6d be made to Mrs. Kerley for the purchase of spectacles. ...
30th June 1913  
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK NUMBER 2, SOUTHAMPTON AREA
Case number C24. That Mrs. Hilda Allsop be granted the sum of £1 0s 0d for assistance with expenses due to the illness to her little boy. ...
23rd April 1914  
  (1913) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK NUMBER 2, SOUTHAMPTON AREA
Case number 550. That a sum of £2 be paid in lieu of Apprenticeship grant in respect of Elsie Parsons....
14th August 1913  
Concord Enterprise (1913) TO INSTITUTE SUIT
Miss Frances M. Ford of this town, who lost nine relatives in the wreck of the Titanic, including her mother, two brothers, two sisters, an uncle and an aunt, and their small children, is one of those to institute suit against the steamship company i...
12th February 1913  
  RELIEF FUND DETAILS
Copperthwaite, B. Lived at 39 Mount Street, St Marys, Southampton. Occupation - Fireman. 22 years old. (Born in Hampshire). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) ...
   
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK NUMBER 2, SOUTHAMPTON AREA
Case number C557. That a grant of 8/- be paid to Miss Penrose to cover the cost of eyeglass....
18th September 1914  
  (1912) LETTER FROM WILLIAM J. MELLORS TO HIS MOTHER - SOUTHAMPTON
April 10, 1912 Dear Mother, I am glad to say ...
10th April 1912  
  TITANIC'S FUEL
The Titanic left Southampton with 5892 tons of coal.Some of the coal, including this fragment, was salvaged from the wrecksite and broken up for sale....
   
Salt Lake Tribune (1912) FEAR PROVO WOMAN DISASTER VICTIM
Page 3 Special to The Tribune PROVO, April 1900 Up to 4 o'clock this afternoon no word had been received in this city of the fate of Mrs. Irene C. Corbett who is supposed to have been a passenger on the Titanic when it...
20th April 1912  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Allsop, Alfred Samuel, of 134 Malmesbury Road, Freemantle, Southampton. Ships Electrician. Administration London 10th May 1912 to Hilda Allsop widow. Effects £152.6.7d....
10th May 1912  
Hampshire Independent (1912) DEATH NOTICE
Tamlyn, Frederick Dearly Beloved Son of Alfred and Annie Tamlyn of 20 Upper Southampton Street. Aged 23. Deeply Mourned by His Father and Mother, Brothers and Sisters....
11th May 1912  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Rogers, Edward James William of 120 Oxford Avenue, Southampton. Ships storekeeper. Administration Winchester 31st July to Elizabeth Rogers, widow. Effects £131.5s.0d....
31st July 1912  
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK NUMBER 2, SOUTHAMPTON AREA
Case number C299. Mrs. Barringer remarried on 14th January 1914 and the usual allowance was paid....
29th January 1914  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
McElroy, Hugh Walter of Polygon House, Southampton. Ship’s purser. Administration: London 31st July 1912 to Mrs Barbara McElroy widow, effects £ 4330.13. 3d. ...
31st July 1912  
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTES
Book 2, Southampton Area Case number C489 That the sum of 2/6d per week for three months be paid to Mr. and Mrs. Kerley (partially dependent parents) on account of Mrs. Kerley's illness - bronchitis and lung trouble....
23rd April 1914  
  MEMORIAL
He has a Memorial brick in his name in the Woolston, Southampton, Millennium Garden known as the Feathers in Victoria Road Woolston - which opened in April 2002....
   
  MEMORIAL
He has a Memorial brick in his name in the Woolston, Southampton, Millennium Garden known as the Feathers in Victoria Road Woolston - which opened in April 2002....
   
  MEMORIAL
He has a Memorial brick in his name in the Woolston, Southampton, Millennium Garden known as the Feathers in Victoria Road Woolston - which opened in April 2002....
   
  ENGINEERS' MEMORIAL
The Engineers Memorial which was unveiled at Andrews Park, Southampton on 22nd April 1914...
   
  FAMILY GRAVE
Is mentioned on the family grave in Hollybrook Cemetery, Lordshill, Southampton A10 180. Inscription ''Lost at sea - SS Titanic 1912 aged 19 years''. ...
   
  PROBATE REPORT
Barringer, Arthur William, Elsingore, Bath Street, Southampton. Probate - Winchester to Ethel Isabel Barringer. Estate £232 19s 11d....
   
Chicago Daily News (1912) CHICAGOAN’S KIN TITANIC STEWARD
A brother of William J. Stroud, 217 East 31st street, was a steward on the ill fated Titanic. Today Mrs. Stroud, sobbing tearfully, begged for news of her brother-in-law, Harry Stroud, of Southampton, England. “If Harry is dead,...
18th April 1912  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Murdoch, William McMaster, of 94 Belmont Road, Portswood, Southampton. Ships Officer. Administration, London 22nd July 1912 to Ada Florence Murdoch, widow. Effects £1141.9.4d....
22nd July 1912  
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK
Southampton Area Case number C400. That a grant of 2/- per week be made from the Compassionate Fund to Mrs. Edge because of sickness - vascular disease of heart and neuritis. ...
2nd March 1914  
  (1915) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK NUMBER 2, SOUTHAMPTON AREA
Case number C557. That an allowance of 3/6d per week be made to Annie Penrose - partial dependent - (sister) to continue for three years....
3rd December 1915  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Sloan, Peter of 77a Clovelly Road, Southampton. Electrician. Probate registered 24th May, 1912 to Annie Sloan, widow. Effects £487.0.0d....
24th May 1912  
  (1913) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK NUMBER 2, SOUTHAMPTON AREA
Case number C299. Decision that a grant of £3 be made from the Compassionate Fund....
3rd June 1913  
Southern Daily Echo (2007) TITANIC DESCENDANTS REMEMBERED
DESCENDANTS of Southampton sailors lost on Titanic were among those who gathered in the city yesterday to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the tragedy....
30th April 2007  
  (1896) MARRIAGE OF FREDERICK WILLIAM EDGE
Was married on November 3rd 1896 when aged 23 years to Catherine Fanny Youtman aged 21 years at St Marys Church Southampton....
3rd November 1896  
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK NUMBER 2, SOUTHAMPTON AREA
Case number C550. The Committee resolved to increase allowance to 8/- per week. Apprenticeship Grant of £15 was authorised in respect of boy Edward Parsons....
23rd April 1914  
New York Times (1911) CHANGE IN COMMODORES
Capt. Haddock to Head White Star Line at Increased Pay --- Capt. E. J. Smith, R. N. R., the Commodore of the White Star Line, who is to command the new mammoth liner Olympic, will retire at the end of the present year, it is understoo...
6th June 1911  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
[from Liverpool Library] Parsons, Edward of 26 Roberts Road, Hill Lane, Southampton. Probate London 11th May to Clara Parsons, widow. Effects £451.1s.4d....
11th May 1912  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Hamblyn Ernest William, of 2 Norman Villas, Dyer Road, Shirley Southampton. Ships Steward. Probate registered London 3rd June 1912 to Henry Archibald Jamieson, journalist. Effects £320.0.0....
3rd June 1912  
The Sun (2008) IT'S RETURN OF TITANIC
A REPLICA of sunk liner Titanic is to be built in its home port as a tourist attraction.Southampton council hopes to finish the £15million project in time for the 100th anniversary of the disaster in April 2012. ...
9th October 2008  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Hodges, Henry Price, of "The Cotswolds", Highfield Lane Portswood, Southampton. Probate registered London 3rd September 1912, to Ellen Hodges, widow. Effects £16,694.5.3d. ...
3rd September 1912  
Southern Daily Echo (1913) LINK WITH THE TITANIC: DEATH OF LOOK-OUT MAN AT SOUTHAMPTON
A notable figure among the survivors of the Titanic has been removed by death at the Sailors' Home at Southampton on Tuesday of Reginald Robinson Lee, on whom an inquest was held by the Borough Coroner (Mr. H. K. Pope) yesterday afternoon. Le...
8th August 1913  
BBC News (2007) TITANIC KEY IS SOLD FOR £90,000
A tiny key that might have helped prevent the Belfast-built Titanic sinking has fetched £90,000 at auction. The key, with the tag "Crows Nest Telephone Titanic" opened the binoculars store, but was not on the ship when it sailed from Southampton. ...
23rd September 2007  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Bochet - Guiuseppe Pietro of 5 Shakespeare Avenue, Southampton. Waiter. Probate Winchester 11th December 1912 to Maria Eugene Dolores Bochet, widow. Effects £120.16s.0d. ...
  1912  
Liverpool Echo (2009) TITANIC'S LINKS TO LIVERPOOL
TITANIC had strong links with Liverpool although she never visited her home port – by 1912 the White Star Line's largest and fastest Atlantic steamers were sailing from Southampton....
31st October 2009  
Surrey Advertiser and County Times (1912) OTHER PASSENGERS
Among others on board the vessel, and who, it is feared, has been drowned, was Mr. E. W. Hamblyn, of Southampton, elder brother of Mrs. H. A. Jamieson, of Portesbury Road, Camberley, Surrey. He was a steward on the liner, having been promoted from th...
20th April 1912  
  TITANIC RELIEF FUND
(From the Minute Book of the White Star Company) The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay...
   
Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal (2007) THE TITANIC TALES
THE TITANIC Tales, about the ill-fated British luxury liner, is written by Rory Thersby and is about nine individual characters out of the many thousands that boarded the ship that fateful night in Southampton in 1912. ...
20th February 2007  
New York Times (1946) CAPT. HADDOCK DEAD, OLYMPIC EX-MASTER
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 5 (AP)---Capt. Herbert James Haddock, a former commodore of the old White Star Line, died today. His age was 85. During the first World War he commanded a dummy fleet of wooden dreadnoughts and battle cruise...
6th October 1946  
Southern Daily Echo (1912) DEATH NOTICE
Wyeth, James. Fireman, Aged 25, Beloved Husband of Isabella Annie Wyeth, of 14 Millbank Street, Northam. [Also appeared in the Hampshire Independent 4th May 1912 and Southampton Times 11th May 1912]...
1st May 1912  
  (1913) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK NUMBER 2, SOUTHAMPTON AREA
Case number A grant of 5/- per week be paid from the Compassionate Fund to purchase surgical appliances for Mr. Reed (Partially dependent father)....
27th November 1913  
Guernsey Evening Press (1912) MR. J. DUQUEMIN
The relations of Mr. Joseph Duquemin, reported to be one of the survivors of the Titanic Disaster, have not yet heard from him direct, but yesterday a letter was received from the White Star line's Southampton Office, confirming the telegram sent on ...
20th April 1912  
  (1912) ALLSOP: PROBATE INFORMATION
ALLSOP Frank Richard of 78 Obelisk Road Woolston Southampton died at sea 15 April 1912 Administration London 29 June 1912 to Elizabeth Allsop widow. Effects £69 13s 7d. ...
  1912  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT: WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
Farquharson, William Edward, of 90 Wilton Avenue, Southampton. Ships engineer. Administration, London 24th May 1912 to Martha Ellen Farquharson, widow. Effects £428.7.0d....
24th May 1912  
  TITANIC BISCUIT
A biscuit with an impressed image of the Titanic measuring 2 ½ in. diameter, made by Carr, Carlisle. Removed from the ship by Board of Trade official Captain Morris Harvey Clarke, Southampton 1912....
   
  MEMORIALS TO CAPTAIN SMITH
At Beacon Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire there is a fine statue to Captain Smith. The statue was sculptured by Kathleen, Lady Scott, C.V.O and unveiled by the Captain's daughter Helen on 29th July 1914.There is a stained glass window to ...
   
this is hampshire,net (2007) RECREATING THE VOICES OF THE TITANIC
IT has already led to a Hollywood blockbuster, seen hundreds of valuable mementoes auctioned off and spawned a legion of enthusiasts worldwide.The sinking of the Titanic, when it hit an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, today continues to captivate generations....
13th February 2007  
Web (2008) SOUTHAMPTON COMMEMORATION WEEKEND
A group of long standing Titanic buffs will be attending Southampton's Titanic Commemoration this coming weekend......
6th April 2008  
Western Morning News (1912) UGBOROUGH MAN'S STORY
J. Horswell (sic), a sailor, residing in Southampton, said though he was now lodging at Southampton, he hailed from Ugborough. He acted as bowman in one of the emergency boats, and among the passengers with them were Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon. ...
29th April 1912  
  (1912) CREWMAN E. BROWN AND TWO OTHER TITANIC SURVIVORS
Survivors from the Titanic disaster arrive in Southampton. The centre figure in the photograph is Mr E. Brown who was unable to swim but kept afloat for an hour by clinging to a lifebelt....
  April 1912  
Staffordshire Advertiser (1912) STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Captain E. J. Smith, the commander of the ill-fated vessel, was a native of Hanley, the son of Mr. E. J. Smith. He was educated at the British School, then under the mastership of the late Mr....
20th April 1912  
  GRAVE OF SARAH ELEANOR SMITH
[Sarah Eleanor Smith was knocked down by a Taxi in Southampton in 1931 and subsequently perished.]...
   
  MILLVINA AT HOME
Millvina Dean photographed at her Southampton home....
   
  (1912) PROBATE INFORMATION
SMITH John Richard Jago of 45 Atherley Road Southampton sorting clerk died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Winchester 10 August 1912 to John Smith farmer. Effects £556 12s 1d. ...
  1912  
New York Post (2007) TIME AND TIDE: GAL OF 95 IS TITANIC'S SOLE SURVIVOR
After the Oscar-winning movie and dozens of PBS re-enactments, there remains but one survivor of the sinking of the Titanic. Elizabeth Dean, 95, of Southampton, England, was only 2 months old when on April 15, 1912, the supposedly unsinkable vessel went to the bottom of the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. ...
26th November 2007  
  RYDE PIER
A postcard view of Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight, looking north towards the pierhead and Spithead, circa 1912. The Titanic would have passed this structure shortly after leaving Southampton on the first leg of her journey to Cherbourg. &nb...
   
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND
Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area Case number C150. That Miss Carpenter, Police Court Missioner be requested to endeavour to persuade Mrs Worthman to go into a home for the inebriates and if Mrs. Worthman will not consent, then to...
23rd April 1914  
  (1912) PARSONS: PROBATE INFORMATION
PARSONS Edward of 26 Roberts Road Hill Lane Southampton died 15 April 1912 at sea Probate London 11 May 1912 to Clara Parsons widow. Effects £451 1s 4d....
  1912  
GuardOnline.com (2006) TITANIC: THE LEGEND CONTINUES IN BRANSON MUSEUM
BRANSON, Mo. - On April 10, 1912, the Royal Mail Ship Titanic set sail from Southampton, United Kingdom, on its maiden voyage to New York. At that time, it was the largest and most luxurious ship ever built....
22nd December 2006  
  (1912) PERSONAL INFORMATION
Miss Eliina Honkanen, 27, was born in Finland. She lived in Saatrjkvi, Finland and had a family in Helsingforfs. She boarded as a third class passenger at Southampton, her ticket cost £7 18s 18d. Her destination was 16 West Street, Q...
  1912  
Southern Daily Echo (2007) TITANIC SURVIVOR GETS MAYORAL TRIBUTE
SOUTHAMPTON mayor John Slade said it with flowers when he visited Titanic survivor Millvina Dean.Millvina, 95, broke her hip in a fall at her bungalow and has spent the past few months in a nursing home at Woodlands, near Ashurst....
8th May 2007  
  MEMORIAL
There is a large rock with attached anchor in the Common Cemetery, Southampton: In loving memory of Ernest William Hamblyn who was lost at sea through the foundering of the S.S. Titanic on April 15th 1912. Aged 46 years. ''We cannot bend before his g...
   
  (2005) THE TUGS AT TITANIC’S DEPARTURE
Albert Edward, Hercules, Vulcan, Ajax, Hector Neptune Registered 10 September 1861, the Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Limited Company was known during its early years...
6th February 2005  
  (1912) CAPTAIN SMITH ON THE BRIDGE OF THE TITANIC
Captain Smith photographed by a newspaper photographer on the bridge of the Titanic. Southampton, April 1912. A Engine Telegraph is visible in the background....
  April 1912  
  (1912) LETTER BY FR BYLES TO MISS FIELD
Dear Miss Field, On boar...
10th April 1912  
1911 Census (1911) EDITH AND TREASTEALL PEACOCK IN THE 1911 CENSUS
  Here is the 1911 census for Edith and her daughter, Treasteall. They were living in a four room house at 17 Orchard Place, Southampton.   Name: Trea...
2nd April 1911  
thisishampshire.net (2007) TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES
ONE of the two last survivors of the 1912 sinking of the ill-fated Southampton liner, Titanic, has died.Throughout her life, Barbara West Dainton shunned publicity, refusing to talk about the loss of the Titanic and in the end she insisted her funeral, held earlier this week in Truro, was to take place before any public announcement of her death....
7th November 2007  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT FROM LIVERPOOL: EDWARD DODD
Edward Charles Dodd of Bannisters Hotel, Queens Parade, Southampton. Marine engineer. Administration Winchester 21st October, 1912 to Henry Charles Dodd retired plumber. Effects £184.16.1d....
21st October 1912  
Canada.com (2007) JOURNEY ON THE TITANIC
I am handed a White Star Line boarding pass, bearing a name - my new identity for the next hour - before I enter the Titanic exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre.My name is Mrs. William Coutts, but you can call me Winnie. I'm from Southampton, England and I'm boarding the RMS Titanic here with my two young sons. We'll be staying in the third-class cabins....
3rd August 2007  
Chicago Daily Journal (1912) HARRY STROUD
Harry Stroud, boarded steamer in Southampton, a steward on the Titanic, was expected to visit his brother, who lives at 217 East Thirty-First street; name missing from list of survivors.   Chicago...
19th April 1912  
  THE BABY OF THE TITANIC
Don Mullan Talks to Millvina Dean "I first met Millvina Dean at a HMS Titanic Convention in Southampton in 1997 with my children. It was my eldest daughter Therese's fascination with the James Cameron's movie 'Titanic' that brought us there. From the moment we met Millvina, there was an instant friendship....
   
The Times (1935) LAST VOYAGE OF THE OLYMPIC
 CIVIC RECEPTION ON BOARD AT JARROW The liner Olympic (45,439 tons gross) sailed from Southampton last evening on her last voyage to Jarrow, where she is to be broken up. Among the hundred people who waved the liner farewell were a ...
12th October 1935  
Southern Daily Echo (2008) TITANIC PASSENGER'S LETTERS FETCH £19,000
LETTERS which tell the story of a passenger on the ill-fated Titanic fetched £19,129 when they went under the hammer today.Businessman Charles Jones, who worked for Colgate toothpaste company in New York, was returning to the United States after a trip to Britain to buy sheep when he died on the Southampton liner's maiden voyage in 1912....
11th April 2008  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Hodge, Charles. WAS twenty-nine years of age, and held a second engineer's certificate. His birthplace was Devonport. He served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Davey, Sleep & Co., of Plymouth. He had been in the service of the White St...
   
Yeovil Express (2007) TITANIC REMEMBERED: 95TH ANNIVERSARY
THIS month commemorates the 95th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic. Overnight April 14-15, 1912, the luxurious passenger liner sank en-route to New York from Southampton on her maiden voyage. Some 1,496 people were lost at sea, while only 712 passengers and crew members survived. One of those who did survive came from Yeovil....
25th July 2007  
  (2005) OCEANIC
White Star Line Not only was Oceanic operated by the same company that operated Titanic, she was also directly associated with Titanic at the beginning of her maiden voyage as well as during the first weeks following...
11th July 2005  
Belfast Telegraph (2009) TITANIC SALE SURVIVOR SELLS MEMORABILIA
Titanic survivor Millvina Dean is to put up more of her family memorabilia for auction to raise money to pay for her nursing home fees. In an interview with Ronan Corrigan from the Nomadic Charitable Trust, the 96-year-old woman revealed that she has another 17 items available to put on the market and will be auctioning some of them at Devizes in Southampton next month....
6th February 2009  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT FROM WINCHESTER RECORD OFFICE: EDWARD DODD
Dodd, Edward Charles, Bannisters Hotel, Queens Parade, Southampton. Engineer. At sea. Administration: Winchester 21 October 1912 to Henry Charles Dodd retired Plummer. Estate £184 16s 1d....
21st October 1912  
The Stevens Point Journal (1912) FATED SHIPS HOLD AFIRE
Fireman Details How Flames Broke Out In Coal Bunkers After Leaving Southampton and Steamship Was Rushed Westward So That Blaze Might Be Extinguished in New York Port. ...
27th April 1912  
New York Times (1928) ROSTRON NOW CUNARD COMMODORE
Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron will succeed the late Sir James Charles as Commodore of the Cunard fleet and will hoist his flag on the Beren­garia next Saturday when she leaves Southampton for New York. The Aquitania has been the flagship of the Cu...
24th July 1928  
  (1941) HICHENS: PROBATE INDEX
HICHENS, Robert of 40 Shirley Road, Southampton Died 23 September 1940 at Aberdeen Bay Aberdeen. Administration Winchester 20 January 1941 to Robert Hichens transport clerk and Phillis May Russell (wife of Alfred Sydney Russell). Effects £124 16s 10...
  1941  
  MEMORIAL PLAQUE
In September 1998 a plaque to the memory of Mr. Hodges was unveiled at the County Hotel (now the Highfield House Hotel), Highfield Lane, Portswood, Southampton. SO17 1AQ, which is the site of the large house that Mr. Hodges lived with his wife and ei...
   
The Times (1902) FIREMAN KILLED WIFE
Western Assizes William Mintram, 33, a mariner, was tried for the wilful murder of Eliza May Rose Mintram, his wife, at Southampton, on October 18th [1902].    Mr Evans Austin, and Mr E. L. Craik appeared for the prosecution on beh...
24th November 1902  
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
Mr Forbes Julian of Redholme, Braddons Road, Torquay, was a passenger on the Titanic. It is known that Mr Julian was on board when the liner left Southampton last Wednesday, it being his intention to spend several weeks in the United States. Up to ...
17th April 1912  
Baskingstoke Gazette (2008) HERITAGE CENTRE 'WILL PUT CITY ON MAP'
THE proposed multi-million-pound Southampton Heritage Centre will put the city back on the map, tourist chiefs believe.As exclusively revealed by the Daily Echo yesterday, plans have been drawn up to transform the west wing of Southampton's iconic Civic Centre into a museum celebrating the city's history....
30th January 2008  
Ocala (2009) OCALAN WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO SECURE TITANIC PASSENGER'S SIGNATURE
By Andy Fillmore Scanning a sea of more than 650 famous autographs on a tablecloth, one might ask: Who is Millvina Dean? Of all the personalities on the cloth, from Hank Aaron to Zig Ziglar, Walter Light Jr. said he f...
16th June 2009  
Romsey Advertiser (2009) TITANIC MEMORABILIA FROM THE GRAPES UP FOR AUCTION
A FORMER Southampton pub's collection of Titanic memorabilia is to go under the hammer at a Dorset auction house today.The Grapes in Oxford Street was steeped in Titanic folklore and, according to city legend, was where six lucky crew were drinking when they forgot the time and missed the liner's doomed maiden sailing. ...
2nd March 2009  
  (1935) OLYMPIC LEAVING FOR JARROW SCRAPYARD, OCT. 1935
The Olympic pictured on October 12th, 1935, in Southampton, hours before beginning her last trip to the Jarrow scrapyards. This striking view shows how impressive the Olympic was....
12th October 1935  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE RELIEF FUND
1913 Number 96. Eagle, Ellen, Mother, received 17/6 per week as class G dependent. The Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area December 22nd 1913. Case number C96. That an application for additi...
  1913  
  CLEAN-SHAVEN MCQUILLAN, THE MYSTERY BLADE-DONOR?
AT THE START of Chapter 5 in Walter Lord's A Night To Remember, the author writes: ...
   
  LETTER FROM CATERINA GILARDINO, NIECE OF VINCENZO GILARDINO
I do not know the year Vincenzo Gilardino came to England but it must have been in the last years of the 1800s because in 1901 my father (Paulo) Gustavo, Vincenzo's brother, was sent to England by their father to try + persuade Vincenzo to return to ...
   
  (1912) PERSONAL INFORMATION
Miss Erna Alexandra Andersson, 17, the daughter of Mr Anders Israelsson, was born in Finland. She lived in Kulla gard, Lovisa, Finland. Erna boarded as a third class passenger at Southampton, her ticket cost £7 18s 18d. Her destinatio...
  1912  
Liverpool Echo (2007) WERE SALVAGED MIRRORS DESTINED FOR TITANIC?
SALVAGE experts are trying to find out if mirrors discovered buried in mud in a Southampton junkyard were destined for the stricken Titanic.The mirrors were discovered buried at a yard where surplus stock from liners, said to be supplied by prestigious Liverpool china and glassware company Stonier & Co, ended up....
21st November 2007  
Liverpool Daily Post (2008) TITANIC LUNCH FOR COMMEMORATION PLAN
LIVERPOOL Lord Mayor Steve Rotheram yesterday hosted a lunch identical to the last meal eaten by passengers onboard the Titanic.It was part of the first gathering of the 'Titanic Cities' event, aimed at bringing together representatives from places with a connection with the ill-fated vessel. The ship was registered in Liverpool and had the city's name on her stern, although she was built in Southampton....
15th July 2008  
  (1909) STEPHEN & ANNIE HOLD
Newly married at St. Keverne, Cornwall on 18 October 1909, Annie's first trip to America with her husband Stephen Hold was on board Teutonic. They arrived at New York on 24 November 1909 having departed from Southampton. The ship's manifest sh...
  1909  
The Evening Telegram (1912) HAD LETTER LAST FRIDAY
BROTHER STEWARD ON TITANIC Charles Lydiatt Had Been Steward on Every Boat on White Star Line--Brother Waiting for News "Only last Friday Sergeant George Lydiatt, of No. 4 Police Stat...
16th April 1912  
Yorkshire Post (2009) TITANIC MEMORABILIA FETCH £300,000
20 April 2009 A bag belonging to the last living Titanic survivor and flask that once contained hot milk for lifeboat passengers were among memorabilia from the disaster which have fetched about ?300,000 at auction.Millvina De...
25th April 2009  
Southampton Times and Hampshire Express (1912) TOUCHING MESSAGE FROM CAPTAIN'S WIFE
Shortly before three on Thursday afternoon the following message from Mrs. E. J. Smith, the wife of the Captain of the lost liner, was posted on the notice-board at the White Star office, Canute Road, Southampton. TO MY POOR FELLOW SUF...
20th April 1912  
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK, NUMBER 2, SOUTHAMPTON AREA
Case number C557. Reference to the application for payment of one years school fees at Skerrys College at the rate of £2 2s 0d per term in respect of Dorothy Penrose (daughter). The Committee suggests that she should attend Evening School and that fo...
19th June 1914  
Southern Evening Echo (1958) ARTICLE
SATURDAY was a special anniversary for three Southampton men - Mr. Walter Hurst of 5 Granville Street, Mr. Leo James Hyland of 11 Burlington Road, and Mr. George Kemish of 14 Begonia Road. Exactly 46 years ago these three were part of the crew aboard...
14th April 1958  
  (2005) NEW YORK
(American Line) ex-City of New York, Inman Line As Titanic left Southampton 10 April 1912, the suction and wave action of her propellers and huge bulk tore New York loose from her mooring in tandem with Oceanic...
20th July 2005  
Newark Evening News (1912) MORE FROM JERSEY MAY HAVE PERISHED IN SEA
PATERSON, April 20---Some residents of this city and of Hawthorne fear that several persons near to them perished on the Titanic. The supposed victims are John Mechan, of this city; Arthur Ford, formerly of th...
20th April 1912  
  WALTER BISHOP INFORMATION
(Death Notice - Southern Daily Echo 30th April 1912, and Hampshire Independent 4th May 1912) Bishop, Walter Alexander Under Castleman, Edward ...
   
Hudson Observer (1912) HOBOKEN MAN MAY BE AMONG THOSE DROWNED
Among the passengers who may have lost their lives in the sinking of thesteamer Titanic is Len Moore, aged 20, of 509 Willow avenue, Hoboken,who was a second class passenger from Southampton.Mr. Moore, who made his home w...
16th April 1912  
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK, SOUTHAMPTON AREA
November 1914 Case Number 557. Penrose. Annie Penrose, partially dependent sister, aged 48 years receiving 3/6d per week. She is a frail woman and injured her heart by lifting her heavy patient; in consequence, though she is boarded and lodged...
  1914  
Daily Sketch (1912) STEWARD'S PREMONITION : THOMAS WHITELEY
Mr. Thomas Whiteley, a steward on the Titanic, who was saved.  He states that the two men in the crow's nest, who were rescued, were very indignant, and said that their warnings concerning the presence of an iceberg ...
  April 1912  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE REPORT
Case number 550. Parsons Clara, Widow. Parsons, Chas. Edward, child. Parsons, Elsie, child. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area) Date December 22nd 1913. Case number C550. That payments of Secondary Scho...
22nd December 1913  
Sphere (1913) TITANIC ORPHANS ON WATER 1913
Children from the Seamen's Orphanage at Southampton, including the offspring of many crew drowned on the Titanic, on holiday at Ryde, Isle of Wight. A little over a year before, their fathers looked out from the sinking Titanic at what...
30th August 1913  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) JAMES CLINCH SMITH SAW MUCH HAPPINESS AHEAD
It is recalled that James Clinch Smith, whose name is on the list of those aboard the Titanic but not among those of the survivors, went abroad to the [sic] effect a reconciliation with is wife. She has been intensely interested in music, almost, it...
17th April 1912  
  (1912) PERSONAL INFORMATION
Mr Abraham August Johannes Abrahamsson, 20, was born in Finland. He lived in Dalsbruk, Finland. August, as he was called, was single. He borded as a third class passenger at Southampton with his friends - Eino Lindqvist, Helga Hirvone...
  1912  
Belfast Telegraph (2009) EXCLUSIVE: TITANIC SURVIVOR MILLVINA DEAN
Exclusive footage of the final video interview with Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic. Belfast artist, the Rev Keith Drury, recorded this brief interview with Millvina when he visited her in Southampton just a few weeks ago as part of a project to help raise funds towards her nursing care. Sadly, Millvina died soon afterwards....
19th June 2009  
Unidentified Newspaper (1997) OLDEST SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DEAD AT 100
SOUTHAMPTON, England -- Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor from the sinking of the Titanic, has died at 100. Mrs. Haisman died Monday at a nursing home in Southampton, 80 miles southwest of London, her family said. Mrs. Haisman r...
22nd January 1997  
ET Research (2008) MCGOUGH THE KILLER
TWO killers roamed the RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage… Not the stuff of lurid pulp adventure, instead actual fact. The two wrongdoers were a fireman and an able bodied seaman. Stoker William Mintra...
5th September 2008  
Southern Daily Echo (2006) SELLING TITANIC ITEMS IS WRONG SAYS SURVIVOR
Milvina Dean A HAMPSHIRE Titanic survivor has slammed black market dealers who are selling relics from the world-famous shipwreck.Britain's last survivor Milvina Dean, 94, of Woodlands, near Southampton, said the sale of items from the ship which sank killing more than 1,500 people in 1912, was "awfully wrong" and showed the greed of those involved....
30th October 2006  
Southern Daily Echo SELL ART OR NO TITANIC MUSEUM SAYS COUNCIL LEADER
THE leader of Southampton City Council has laid down an ultimatum in the city's art sell-off row "we either flog some paintings or don't get a Titanic museum. Tories are planning to sell paintings worth millions to help pay for a "world class" maritime attraction, dubbed Sea City Museum. ...
   
Portsmouth Today (2007) TRIALS NOW PLANNED TO TEST IMPACT OF LASERS
TRIALS are to be carried out to test the impact on wildlife of a plan to shoot lasers miles across the night sky. Bosses at Southampton City Council said plans for the controversial Laser Gateway project needed further investigation before they were given the go-ahead. Initially it was planned to turn on the lasers which would be visible up to 15 miles away to coincide with the 95th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking in April this year....
6th February 2007  
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK NUMBER 2, SOUTHAMPTON AREA
Case number C550. That £1 per week be paid from the Compassionate Fund for Mrs. Parsons illness. Parsons, Norman Richard, child. Parsons, Ethel, child. Parsons, Brenda Marjory, child. Russell, Elizabeth, mother-in-law. All class B depen...
29th January 1914  
The Express Times (2008) 'TITANIC THE MUSICAL' A TITANIC SHOW
William Sanders was busy Monday "refining and tweaking" cues with his technical crew in preparation for tonight's opening of "Titanic the Musical" at Civic Theatre of Allentown. Sanders says the Tony Award-winning musical focuses on the actual passengers aboard the trans-Atlantic liner, RMS Titanic, on that fateful night of April 15, 1912, as the "ship of dreams" was making her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York....
6th June 2008  
  (1913) TITANIC RELIEF FUND : RE CHARLES LIGHTOLLER
(From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area) Date December 22nd 1913. An offer of £2 0s 0d was made by Mrs Sylvia Lightoller for a ring and a pair of ear-rings which had been anonymously presented to the Re...
22nd December 1913  
Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate, and Cheriton Herald (1912) MR. WILLIAM PENNY
We regret to hear that Mr. William Penny, eldest son of Mrs. A. Penny, of 4, Waverley Villas, Cheriton Road, was among the victims in the catastrophe to the Titanic. Mr. Penny had been a medical steward in the service of the White Star Lin...
25th April 1912  
Sphere (1911) 1911 EVENTS OF THE SEASON
Events of the Season are said to include the maiden voyage of the Olympic from Southampton to New York, and the launch of the Titanic in Belfast....
28th February 1911  
  (1912) DIE WOCHE (GERMANY), APRIL 20 1912
The Berlin based weekly "Die Woche", 'moderne illustrierte Zeitschrift' published a whole page on the sinking of the Titanic on its issue # 16, on April 20 1912. Three illustrations: Stead, Astor and Capt. Smith. An ocean map gives details on the acc...
20th April 1912  
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
Among those on board the Titanic was a son of Mrs Parsons of Bronshill Road, Torquay. Mr Edward Parsons had been in the service of the White Star Line practically all his life and has a wife and five children at Southampton. He was visiting his mot...
17th April 1912  
  MEMORIALS
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  (1912) LETTER TO HIS SON FRANK, WRITTEN ON BOARD AND POSTED AT QUEENSTOWN
Dear Frank, I hope that you got to Belfast all right and started work on time, I got your wire from Liverpool. We have made a good run from Southampton everything working A1, we nearly had a collision with the New York and Oceanic when ...
11th April 1912  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO GEORGE FOX HOSKING
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES FRASER
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
Is remembered on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered o...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS: HUGH FITZPATRICK
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial a...
   
Shepton Mallet Journal (2000) REDISCOVERED POSTCARD STRENGTHENS LINK BETWEEN TOWN AND TITANIC
Castle Cary's connection with the world's most famous shipping disaster has been strengthened still further. This is because a New Forest pensioner has discovered a postcard found on the ship, which was to be sent to the wife of a local butcher....
2nd March 2000  
  MEMORIALS TO GEORGE ALEXANDER CHISNALL
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES HESKETH
Named on the magnificent Engineer's Memorial in East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembere...
   
Southampton Times and Hampshire Express (1912) LETTER FROM MR. H. P. HODGES
Mr. Hector Young, hon. secretary of the Newtown Ward Conservative Association, received a letter from Mr. H. P. Hodges, the well-known Southampton tradesman, dated April 10th who was a passenger on the ill-fated Titanic, returning thanks for an expre...
20th April 1912  
  MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on the Institut...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. a...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent - Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the L...
   
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (2002) JACK BUTTERWORTH
Butterworth, Jack. Lived at 270 Priory Road, St Denys, Southampton. Was 23 years old. Occupation on board the Titanic - Saloon Steward. (Born in Manchester). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913). Number 326. Butterwort...
  2002  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
AGED thirty-four years, was born in Manchester. His apprenticeship was served with Messrs. H. H. Hall & Co., of Liverpool after which he was employed by Messrs. Campbell and Isherwood, Ltd., Bootle, Hame Electric Company, Liverpool and the Northern E...
   
Hampshire Observer (1912) WINCHESTER'S MELANCHOLY INTEREST
April 1912 Although there were no Winchester people so far as we have ascertained among the passengers on the Titanic, yet Winchester has a melancholy interest in the disaster, especially as it affects the ill-fated crew. Among the sec...
  1912  
  MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM KELLY
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO FANK PARSONS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  (2005) TUNISIAN
Eastbound, St. John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. On 10 April reported heavy ice in the vicinity of an area that was later the disaster site. Port of Registry: Glasgow ...
12th November 2005  
Western Morning News (1912) LEAP OF 75 FEET
A fireman named Walter Hurst, of Southampton, said he was off watch at the time, and made his way to the boat deck. He was, of course, told to stand back and about five minutes before the liner sank he jumped the 75 feet to the sea, having a lifebel...
29th April 1912  
  MEMORIALS TO ALFRED MIDDLETON
Assistant Electrician. Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memori...
   
  PRIDEAUX FAMILY INFORMATION
John Arthur Prideaux (k/a Jack) was born at Southampton, Hampshire on 24 April 1888 at a house in Victoria Road, Woolston. He was the son of John Davey Prideaux and Annie Elizabeth (formerly Slade). His father, originally from Teignmouth, Dev...
   
  (1912) PERSONAL INFORMATION
Miss Hildur Elisabeth Hirvonen, 2, was born in Finland on 15th February 1910 as the daughter of Alexander Hirvonen and Helga Elisabeth Lindqvist. She lived in Taalintelidas, Finland. Hildur boarded as a third class passenger at Southa...
  1912  
ET Research (2004) OF RATS AND MEN: TITANIC SURVIVOR "SLEEPING ROUGH"
YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT ...
10th June 2004  
Boston Daily Globe (1912) LATTIMER MOURNED
Titanic's Chief Steward Well Known in Boston Prince of Entertainers and a Most Competent Officer Andrew Lattimer, senior chief steward of the Titanic, who was drowned, was well known in maritime and...
20th April 1912  
  (1912) TITANIC POSTCARD SENT BY WILLIAM MELLORS - SOUTHAMPTON
...
10th April 1912  
Wiltshire Times (2009) TITANIC BAG HANDED BACK
24th April 2009A mailbag from the Titanic belonging to last living survivor Millvina Dean sold for £2,000 in Devizes on Saturday before the winning bidder handed it straight back to her. London-based advertising agency direct...
25th April 2009  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  HENRY CREESE'S GRAVE
In Loving Memory of OUR DEAR PARENTS ELIZABETH ANNE INCLEDON CREESE Who Passed Peacefully Away FEBRUARY 8th 1937 AGED 64 YEARS HENRY PHILIP CREESE Who Lost His Life Through The Founderin...
   
BBC News (2009) LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES AT 97
Millvina Dean was nine weeks old when the liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the early hours of 15 April 1912, on its maiden voyage from Southampton.The disaster resulted in the deaths of 1,517 people in the north Atlantic, largely du...
31st May 2009  
National Roll of the Great War WALTER FRANCIS FREDERICKS WAR SERVICE RECORD
FREDERICK, W., Fireman, Merchant Service. He volunteered in 1914, and during the war served in many ships, included among which was H.M.H.S. " Western Australia." He was engaged on important transport and hospital...
   
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND: HOLMAN
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 6. Holman L. J. Widow. Class G dependent. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area) Date June 30th 1913. Case number ...
  March 1913  
Daily Mirror (1912) IN THE TOWN OF SORROW
(From our Special Correspondent) Southampton April 29th. Joy and sorrow, elation and depression are mingled in the homes here of the seamen, firemen and stewards of the Titanic. Feelings of compassion for the heroes who died and ...
30th April 1912  
  A NAME TO REMEMBER
Not many of Titanic's 'black gang' are remembered in the towns in which they once lived, but residents of West End on the outskirts of Southampton now have good reason to know the name of greaser Jim Jukes. For several years ...
   
Newton Abbot Western Guardian (1912) UNTITLED
Captain and Mrs. Hosking of Shaldon have received a telegram from Mr. Bock, Captain Hosking’s cousin in America, who had travelled about 300 miles to meet Mr. George Fox Hosking, the Senior Third Engineer on the ‘Titanic’ who he was hoping would be a...
25th April 1912  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO ARTHUR WARD
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
   
Guernsey Evening Press (1912) MR. J. DUQUEMIN
c/o Porgos, St. Sampson, Guernsey. Reported Saved. News was received at noon today of the safety of Mr. Joseph Duquemin. Mr. Joseph Duquemin, of Portgrat, Vale, a quarryman, aged about 30. He accompanied M...
  1912  
  MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
From the Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913: Number 36. Bennett, Mr. Father. Bennett Mrs. Mother. From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area: Date 23rd April 1914. Case...
   
New York Times (1903) THE CEDRIC'S PARROT MASCOT
"Baden-Powell" Won Purser McElroy's Heart by Sighting a "Landlubber off the Starboard Not since the days of Funston the famous Mexican parrot of Castle William on Governors Island, has there been seen in the...
4th May 1903  
  REGINALD GEORGE SMITH & HUGH WALTER MCELROY
It is quite likely that Hugh Walter McElroy (purser) and Reginald George Smith (saloon steward) were acquainted as they both had brothers who were Roman Catholic Priests. Father Richard McElroy and Father Aloysius Smith both served to...
   
New York Times (1907) ADRIATIC TO SAIL TO-DAY
Biggest Liner's Cabins Full on Her First Voyage Eastward --- With her saloon apartments filled, the White Star liner Adriatic, biggest and newest of transatlantic liners at present in commission, will sail for Southampton ...
22nd May 1907  
  GEORGE CHITTY'S MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
Juliette Walden ...
   
  SOUTH WESTERN HOTEL
   
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) ON WAY TO REUNION; IS LOST ON TITANIC
Pittsburgh Man Hears Brother Is Lost, but Girl Saved --- PITTSBURGH, April 17---Looking forward to a reunion after years of separation, William Phillips, of New Brighton, was stunned by the news that his brother, Robert Phillips, on his...
17th April 1912  
Hayle Weekly Mail (1912) HAYLE MAN ONE OF THE STEWARDS
On enquiring at Hayle we find that no passengers from this town have sailed in the ill-fated vessel, but that Mr. Samuel Rule, of Hayle, occupied the position of chief bathroom steward. Mr. Rule, who formerly lived at Clifton-terrace, is a bro...
18th April 1912  
Southern Daily Echo (2009) MILLVINA DEAN, LAST SURVIVOR OF TITANIC, DIES
By Jon Reeve MILLVINA Dean, the last survivor of Titanic, died today at the age of 97.Miss Dean was just nine weeks old when the historic liner sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg on her maiden transatlantic voyage from Sou...
31st May 2009  
The Times (1912) FIRST CLASS PASSENGER NUMBERS
White Star First Class Passengers During the last year the White Star Line carried 21,600 first class passengers from European ports to America, and 21,314 from America to Europe, the largest numbers taken by any British or Continental...
26th January 1912  
  (1912) PERSONAL INFORMATION
Mrs Alexander Hirvonen (nee Helga Elisabeth Lindqvist), 22, was born in Finland on 2nd January 1890 as daughter Carl and Elisabeth Lindqvist. She lived in Taalintelidas, Finland. Helga was married to Alexander Hirvonen and had a daugh...
  1912  
The Times (1912) SURVIVORS OF THE CREW AT PLYMOUTH
DETENTION FOR THE TAKING OF EVIDENCE A strange welcome awaited the surviving members of the crew of the Titanic on their arrival at Plymouth today. Instead of a popular demonstration of sympathy and b...
29th April 1912  
CNW Group (2007) TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION COMES TO THE ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE IN JUNE 2007
TORONTO, Feb. 12 /CNW/ - April 10, 1912 the world's largest ship, Titanic, sets sail from Southampton, England on its maiden voyage to New York. Five days later after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic, Titanic sinks and 1,500 lives are lost. On April 10, 2007, in recognition of the 95th anniversary of her launch, tickets go on sale to the public for Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition opening at the Ontario Science Centre for a six month run, June 2, 2007....
13th February 2007  
ET Research (2009) WALTER FRANCIS FREDERICKS : A BIOGRAPHY
A brief biography of Walter Francis Fredericks (14 Apr 1891 – 30 Jun 1960) with a focus on the events of April 1912 ...
25th September 2009  
  PENNAL FAMILY INFORMATION
Thomas Frederick Pennal (to use his full and correct names) was known as Frederick and because of uncertainty with his surname, for example, he appears on the Titanic Engagement Sheet as F. Pumal (Ref. No 178, 1st Class Victualling Dept.) he has unti...
   
  MR WILLIAM TAGGART – DELIVERY CREW TRIMMER
Mr William Taggart was born in Belfast in 1889 and began work with the Harland & Wolff yard as an apprentice. He was one of the workers who helped to build Titanic from day one. He had also been a crewmember of the Olympic. When the Titanic was deli...
   
New York Times (1965) TITANIC LOOKOUT IS DEAD BY HANGING AFTER WIFE'S DEATH
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Jan. 11 (Reuters)--- Authorities today ordered an inquest into the death of Fred Fleet, a lookout on the liner Titanic, who hanged himself yesterday two weeks after his wife's death. The body of Mr. Fleet, who was 76 years o...
12th January 1965  
Washington Times (1912) COL. GRACIE TO BE MET IN NEW YORK BY HIS DAUGHTER
Rescued Man Was Returning From Trip to Europe Taken In Search of Health --- Col. Archibald Gracie, whose rescue from the Titanic is indicated by all the lists of passengers saved, made the trip abroad on account of poor health, it is st...
18th April 1912  
  MACKIE FAMILY INFORMATION
The birth of George William Mackie was registered at Lambeth, London in the 1st quarter of 1878. He was the son of William and Mary Mackie. George married Mary Broomfield, the daughter of James and Martha Broomfield. James was a Devon dairy farmer...
   
Teignmouth Post (1912) SHALDON AND THE DISASTER
Mr. Henry Forbes Julian, one of the first-class passengers, of Redholme, Torquay, is also among the missing. He formerly resided at Ness House. Mr. Forbes made a fortune in South Africa with a patent for separating gold from quartz, and during his ...
26th April 1912  
BBC News (2009) VOYAGE RETRACES TITANIC JOURNEY
A holiday company is to retrace the voyage of the Titanic as part of the 100th anniversary of the disaster. The 12-night cruise, with tickets priced from £2,595, will follow the route of the ill-fated ship which sank in April 1912 ki...
8th October 2009  
  MEMORIALS
Named on Millbrook Church Memorial. Named on St Mary's Church, Eling, nr. Southampton Memorial. The memorial is situated just inside the church on the right. ''To The Memory of'' Frederick Walter Godwin, 34 years old. Will...
   
  (1912) PENROSE: PROBATE INFORMATION
PENROSE John Poole of 13 Southview Road Southampton steward merchant service died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Winchester 2 August 1912 to Florence Annie Penrose widow. Effects £131 3s 4d. === PENROSE Florence Ann of Crosby Clock House...
2nd August 1912  
  (1912) IN MEMORIAM SS TITANIC, 1912
This splendid document was published just days after the sinking of the Titanic. Its title is 'Souvenir in affectionate remembrance of the Captain, Mates, Crew and Passengers who lost their lives by the foundering of the world's biggest liner S. S. T...
  1912  
Southern Evening Echo (1958) TITANIC MEN FOR PREMIERE OF NEW FILM
A HANDFUL of survivors from the Titanic disaster in 1912, some of whom have not seen each other since, will be at the Odeon, Leicester Square, tonight, to see the premiere of the new Rank Organisation film, A Night To Remember. The fil...
3rd July 1958  
  (2005) NEPTUNE
Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag: Divided by crossed lines into four equal...
6th March 2005  
Southern Evening Echo (1970) ARTICLE
Titanic survivor 77-year-old Mr Lee James Hyland, of Sarnia Court, Boniface Crescent, Lordshill, Southampton who recalls Fred Allen a boy crew member mentioned in reference the playing of the Titanic Hymn. Allen, who lost his life in the disaster was...
24th November 1970  
Rahway Daily Record (1912) ARTHUR KEEFE ONE OF THE PASSENGERS ABOARD THE TITANIC
New York Papers This Morning Give His Name In List of Passengers Embarking at Southampton ---------- FEAR HE IS AMONG MISSING ---------- His Sister in East Rahway Feels That He Met His Fate When The Ill Starred Vessel Sank...
17th April 1912  
Cornishman (1912) SAFETY OF A HAYLE MAN - MR. SAMUEL RULE
Capt. Rule of Hayle, has received a telegram from his niece announcing the safety of his brother, Mr. Samuel Rule, chief steward of the Titanic. The telegram reads as follows:- ‘Anfield, Liverpool,-To Rule, Carnsew, Hayle. Fath...
18th April 1912  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : PENNY
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 543. Penny, Phyllis, widow. Penny, Lionel William, child. Both class D dependants. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area)...
  March 1913  
Cleveland Plain Dealer (1912) LOSES ALL HIS MONEY
NEW YORK, April 19 – Charles Dahl, an Australian, who took the Titanic from Southampton en rout to his mother’s home in North Dakota, lost in the sinking ship a wallet which contained all the money he had in the w...
20th April 1912  
Chicago Tribune (1913) SAILOR, TITANIC SURVIVOR, DIES
Reginal Lee, One of Seamen in the Lookout When Steamer Sank, Succumbs in London _________ ...
10th August 1913  
North American (1912) NORTH WALES VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC ARRIVE
NORTH WALES, Pa., May 7---The bodies of Austin Van Billiard and one of his children, lost on the Titanic, which were picked up at sea by the Mackay-Bennett, reached here today and will be buried on Wednesday from the residence of his father, Burgess ...
8th May 1912  
New York Times (1953) JOHN HARDY
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEW PROVIDENCE, N. J., Oct. 9---John Hardy of 71 Gales Drive, who was chief steward of second class accommodations on the Titanic, died on Wednesday at the home of his son, Ronald M. Hardy, in Maplewood...
10th October 1953  
  (1912) 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  
  (2005) HECTOR
Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag: Divided by crossed lines into four equal triangles...
13th March 2005  
Paterson Morning Call (1912) WILLIAM C. JOHNSON, JR.
[The opening paragraphs of this article, which do not relate to Mr. Johnson, have been omitted.] The death of William C. Johnson, Jr., of Hawthorne, has been confirmed when his parents received a message reading as follows: “William C....
20th April 1912  
Sphere (1913) SEAMEN'S ORPHANS ON HOLIDAY
JOLLY DAYS FOR SEAMEN'S ORPHANS A Visit to the Isle of Wight Children from the Seamen's Orphanage at Southampton who are enjoying a Summer Holiday at Ryde, Isle of Wight Among them are many youngsters whose father...
30th August 1913  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers memorial, East Park. also named on a grave in the Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool. The inscription reads: Also Peter Only Son of the Above Who Lost His Life With Other Brave Of...
   
  BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
He was saved in Lifeboat Englehardt C. His home address was Fanners Lane, Lymington, Hants. His official occupation was - Fireman's Messman and he was 39 years old . (He was originally born in Hampshire). Last ship before the Titanic was the RMS ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO CHARLES LIGHTOLLER
Mortlake Crematorium, London SW4. Is the site of his scattered ashes. Unmarked, plot 22. also he has a Memorial brick in his name in the Woolston, Southampton, Millennium Garden known as the Feathers in Victoria Road Woolston - which ...
   
Irish Independent (2009) BABY OF THE TITANIC
By ALISON O'RIORDAN Sunday June 07 2009 "An intelligent woman who had a great childlike quality and sense of fun. From the moment I met her it was the start of a beautiful friendship from which I have some great memories," said Irish author and...
7th June 2009  
  (1912) CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HERBERT JUPE'S FATHER AND THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, NOVA SCOTIA
July 19th 1912 74 Bullar Road Bitterne Park Southampton Dear Sir, I have been informed by Mr. F. Blake, Superintendent Engineer of the White Star Lines, Trafalgar Chambers, Southampton, that the body...
19th July 1912  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO NORMAN HARRISON
Named on the magnificent Engineer's Memorial in East Park, Southampton. also named on a grave in Knotty Ash Parish Church Cemetery, Knotty Ash, Liverpool. also mentioned on a grave in Kirkdale Cemetery, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool....
   
Manchester Evening News (1912) MANCHESTER VICTIMS: CHIEF ELECTRICAL ENGINEER ON THE TITANIC
Mr. Alfred S. Allsop, the chief electrical engineer of the Titanic, who, it is feared, has gone down in the ill-fated ship, was a Manchester man. He was about 35 years of age, and was born in Brunswick Street, C.-on-M., but he has not lived in the ci...
18th April 1912  
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1912) BELIEVES BROTHER LOST
Another who waited in vain for the return of a loved one was Miss Frances Sheppard, a trained nurse, of Newark, who is staying at the home of Mrs. J. H. S. Clark, of 561 North Broad street, this city. Miss Sheppard’s brother, Jonathan Sheppard, of S...
19th April 1912  
  POOK FAMILY INFORMATION
Percy Robert Pook was born in Torquay, Devon in 1876. His birth being registered at Newton Abbot in the June Quarter of that year. He was the son of Henry Pook (house decorator) and Kate (nee Manley) who had married at Torquay in early 1872....
   
Gloucester Citizen (1912) HODGES HENRY P. : GLOUCESTERIAN'S BROTHER UNLISTED WITH THE SAVED
[Photo] Among the Titanic victims was Mr. H. P. Hodges, of The Cotswolds, Highfield Lane, Southampton, who is an elder brother of Mr. R. Hodges, of Melcombe, Vicarage Road, Gloucester, one of the staff at Hatherley Road Council Schools...
17th April 1912  
Guernsey Weekly Press (1912) REPORTED MISSING: E. H. WHEADON
Mr. E.H. Wheadon was in his 67th year. He was the head of the agricultural firm of E.H. Wheadon and Sons, Couture. He was a man of most kindly nature and charitable disposition. Among the members of the family and their very wide circle of friends hi...
22nd April 1912  
  (2005) BRAVERY AWARD
I have in my possession (recently discovered) a rare illuminated accommodation awarded to the Purser (Ernest G F Brown RNR) of the RMS Carpathia, the first ship to rescue the survivors from the “Titanic” sinking.  Ernest Brown was originally from ...
1st April 2005  
New York Times (1929) ROSTRON'S CAT LEFT HERE
Berengaria Master Sails Alone Because of British Quarantine --- Captain Sir Arthur Rostron, master of the Cunarder Berengaria, sailed early yesterday morning for the first time in many years without his pet Persian cat Abdul. The animal...
6th January 1929  
  TITANIC CONNECTIONS WITH LIVERPOOL
Titanic, Carpathia, Californian were all Liverpool registered ships. The Titanic was scheduled to visit the port on the voyage from Belfast to Southampton but this was cancelled almost at the last minute. ...
   
  RMS OLYMPIC ARCHIVE FILM (3)
Titles "Elevators and grand stair cases afford easy access from deck to deck "Dancing is an evening pastime on every voyage." "The smoking room is an apartment of much elegance, with the atmosphere and servcie of a metropolitan club. ...
   
ET Research (2003) PEGGY ON A SKIN BOAT
At the age of fifteen back in 1953, I Joined the Red Funnel Steamship Co. serving on three of their paddle steamers, the Princess Elizabeth ...
14th May 2003  
1911 Census WILLIAM EDWARD BESSANT IN 1911 CENSUS
William Bessant was residing at 36 Henry Road, FREEMANTLE, Southampton at the time of the 1911 census.  He was recorded as being a labourer. He was arried to Emily Ellen for 17 years.  They had five children  Char...
   
The Times (1917) A FIREMAN'S ADVENTURES
The remarkable adventures of a young fireman have been brought to light through the sinking of the "Donegal." John Priest, who lives in Southampton, is only 29 years of age. He has been on the sea since his youth, and has served in many wat...
23rd April 1917  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO BERTIE WILSON
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
   
Falmouth Packet (1912) FALMOUTH MAN DROWNED
The name of Mr. H. Creece (sic), deck engineer, does not appear amongst the survivors and he has been given up as lost. The deepest sympathy is felt for the widow and her two children in their great sorrow. Obituary WAS born at ...
26th April 1912  
Western Daily Mercury (1912) A PLYMOUTH PASSENGER
One of the second class passengers on the Titanic is Mr. Fred Banfield, who left Plymouth on 9th inst., to join the vessel. He spent some years in business with a well known firm in Bedford-street, Devonport, but previously had worked as a miner in ...
17th April 1912  
Nottingham Daily Express (1912) DERBYSHIRE VICTIM
Among the missing is George Henry Hickley, a Derby man, who was a steward on board the ill-fated liner. He was well known in the Rowditch district of the town, as he often visited his sister, Mrs. Knowles, wife of Mr. Knowles, of the Lonsdate Dairy,...
22nd April 1912  
Grimsby Evening News (1912) UNTITLED
As a lad Mr. Moody served two years in HMS Conway a sail training vessel moored on the river Mersey, after that time he gained the Extra Certificate showing that he was bright. He joined the sailing vessel Boadicea on leaving, and would have served t...
  April 1912  
Chicago Daily News (1912) SEEKS NEWS OF BROTHER-IN-LAW
“Is my brother-in-law alive? His name is C. Joughin, and he was a baker on the Titanic.” This question was asked of The Daily News to-day by G. Woodward, 2520 Washington boulevard. Names of members of the crew of the Tit...
19th April 1912  
Chicago Tribune (1912) SHIES BOATS UNDER CAPT. SMITH
F. Harrison Powers of New York and Paris, a guest at the Congress hotel has been a passenger several times on White Star boats commanded by Capt. E. J. Smith of the Titanic. “But I only sailed with him once after the collision of the...
16th April 1912  
  (1912) ALBERT ERVINE'S LAST LETTER
"Yours received in Cherbourg, France yesterday evening. We have had everything working nicely so far, except when leaving Southampton. As soon as the Titanic began to move out of the dock, the suction caused the Oceanic, which was alon...
11th April 1912  
Torquay Directory (1912) TORQUAY RESIDENT LOSES HER SON
Mrs. Parsons, of Hardene, Bronshill Road, has lost her son. Mr. Edward Parsons, who was chief storekeeper on the Titanic. He had been in connected with the White Star Line for many years, and had previously served on the Oceanic, Teutonic, and Maje...
24th April 1912  
New York Times (1930) GARDEN LURES SKIPPER OF THE BERENGARIA, SIR HENRY [SIC] ROSTRON, AFTER 45 YEARS AT SEA
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Nov. 7---Captain Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, commodore of the Cunard fleet, who is retiring after forty-five years at sea, took his leave of his fellow-officers at Southampton this week on relinq...
9th November 1930  
Southport Visitor (1912) MR. JAMES WALPOLE
As stated in Tuesdays Visitor among the crew of the ill fated liner was Mr. James Walpole, brother of Mr. Horace Walpole, of 17 Line-street, Southport and brother-in-law of the late Mr. W. E. Browne. A native of Southport...
18th April 1912  
CRI English (2009) REMEMBERING THE TITANIC
It's April 1912 and the Titanic's Captain, Edward John Smith, is preparing for the maiden voyage of the world's greatest liner.The ship is equipped with everything from an emergency telephone to lifeboats ...... little did they know how i...
8th April 2009  
The Times (1926) ROSTRON BEATS HIMSELF TO NEW YORK BY WIRELESS
Page 17 Photograph sent by Wireless London to New York The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company states that when the Mauretania arrived in New York yesterday, under Captain Rostron, he found that a copy of his photograph had...
24th April 1926  
New York Times (1912) BIG CROWD SAILS TO-DAY
Nine Hundred First Cabin Passengers on Olympic, Cedric, and Lapland --- More than 1,200 cabin passengers, of whom nearly 900 will be in the first cabin, will sail from New York for Europe to-day. This big crowd of travelers, in numbers ...
24th January 1912  
New York Times (1983) ETHEL BEANE, WHO SURVIVED TITANIC SINKING, DEAD AT 90
ROCHESTER, Sept. 19 (AP)---Ethel Beane, who survived the sinking of the liner Titanic in 1912, died over the weekend in a Rochester nursing home. She was 90 years old. The Titanic sank the night of April 14 on its maiden voyage from So...
20th September 1983  
Totnes Times & Devon News (1912) THE LOCAL PASSENGERS
The Countess of Rothes, who was on board the Titanic, which has sunk in the North Atlantic, is among the passengers reported as safe. She is a daughter-in-law of Mrs. Leslie-Leslie, of Adelphi Terrace, Paignton. Definite information on the su...
20th April 1912  
Outlook (1911) THE RACE FOR OCEAN SUPREMACY
A little more than ten years ago I crossed the Atlantic on the first trip of what was then the largest ocean liner in the world. A distinguished ship-builder who made the voyage at the same time expressed the opinion that this steamship marked the...
24th June 1911  
  (2005) AJAX
Call letters: S P G B Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag:...
27th February 2005  
Titanic Heritage Trust (2006) TITANIC 95TH ANNIVERSARY STAMPS
As 2007 approaches plans are well underway all over the world to commemorate the 95th Anniversary of the tragic loss of R.M.S. Titanic and over 1500 lives on 15 April 1912.As part of the 95th Anniversary Commemorations, Titanic Heritage Trust will be issuing a Commemoration Royal Mail Stamp Sheet plus two First Day Covers, one with a Belfast Postmark and one with a Southampton Postmark. For further details: 95th Anniversary Stamps www.titanicheritagetrust.org.uk/95th_stamps.htm As a society, organization or individual you are invited to join any of our events, in particular our inaugural Convention in April. All Titanic Societies are welcome.If you are organizing an Titanic event for 2007 the we would like to hear about it. Whatever part of the world you are located. Please send details and we will include them in our calendar of events for 2007. enquiries@titanicheritagetrust.org.uk...
21st November 2006  
Daily Mirror (1937) TITANIC SURVIVORS PRISON CELL CLAIM
Survivor of the Titanic disaster, Charles Hichens will be released in a few weeks from Maidstone Gaol, where he is serving ten years' penal servitude for shooting another seaman dead. Hichen who seeks only to end his days in "peace and quiet", is cla...
26th July 1937  
  PROUDFOOT FAMILY INFORMATION
Richard Royston Proudfoot, signed on as a trimmer for the Titanic engine department in April 1912. His birth was registered at Plymouth, Devon in the September Quarter of 1890. He was the son of Royston Jesse Proudfoot and Jane Gendle (nee W...
   
Belfast Newsletter (1912) BELFAST FIREMAN'S FORTUNATE ESCAPE
The story of a fireman's fortunate escape from sailing in the ill-fated White Star liner Titanic was told yesterday in the Belfast Custody Court, when, before Sir Andrew Newton-Brady, RM, [Resident Magistrate] Patrick Morgan...
26th April 1912  
Rahway Daily Record (1912) ARTHUR KEEFE MAY BE MISSING ON LINER TITANIC
Rahway people, while horrified at the astounding disaster which overtook the gigantic ocean liner Titanic and at the terrible loss of life which accompanied the disaster, have a close personal feeling in the matter, inasmuch as one of its citizens, a...
16th April 1912  
  (1926) MY MAIDEN VOYAGE
When I say that I am a survivor of the Titanic you will know at once that my story is to be one of great tragedy, for even after fourteen years, the name of that ill-fated vessel brings a shudder of horror to those who remember it's wr...
  1926  
The Times (1935) AUCTION OF OLYMPIC FITTINGS
SALE CONCLUDED The sale at Jarrow of the fittings of the Olympic concluded today, which was the tenth day, and the last lot offered was No.4,456.. The total realized was not announced, and several lots were not sold. On some days during ...
19th November 1935  
Washington Times (1912) MRS. CHURCHILL AMONG THE PASSENGERS RESCUED FROM TITANIC
Another Washingtonian who sailed from Southampton Wednesday on the ill-fated Titantic [sic] was Mrs. Churchill Candee, prominent in Washington social circles, whose residence is at 1718 Rhode Island avenue northwest. Mrs. Candee's name appears on the...
16th April 1912  
Unidentified Newspaper (1997) UNKNOWN TITLE
Eleanor, her brother; Harold, and her mother; Alice were in Finland visiting her mother's dying father. They were on their way back to the U.S. The three stopped in England only to find out their tickets on the ship to take them back to America had b...
  1997  
New York Times (1976) MARGARET MOORE, 83, SURVIVOR OF TITANIC
Margaret Graham Moore of Greenwich, Conn., a passenger on the Titanic when the ship sank on her maiden voyage in April 1912, died in Greenwich Hospital yesterday. She was 83 years old. The 882-foot luxury liner, crowded with celebriti...
27th April 1976  
ET Research (2001) MAURETANIA HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN BRISTOL
There is more for ocean liner enthusiasts in the English city of Bristol than simply visiting the S. S. Great Britain. The world's first great ocean liner, the Great Britain was built by the influential engineer Isambard K...
8th November 2001  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
HARRIS, MRS. IRENE R, (NEE WALLACH). Saved in Lifeboat D. Cabin C83. European address - c/o Fraulein Woolf, Kapellenstrasse 81, Wiesbaden. Germany. (Born 15th June 1876, died 2nd September 1969). Buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JOHN WESLEY WOODWARD
Named on the Musicians Memorial at the Old Library site, London Road, Southampton. also named on the St Marys Church Musicians Memorial, St Marys, Southampton. also he is mentioned on a plaque in the lobby of the Boston ...
   
Staffordshire Advertiser (1912) WEST BROMWICH MEN ON TITANIC
Three West Bromwich men, Alfred Davies, aged 21, John Davies, aged 22, and Joseph Davies, aged 17 years, all of Hardware Street, and a relative named James Lester, aged 39, of Wolverhampton are believed to be among the ill-fated passengers. They l...
20th April 1912  
Western Morning News (1912) FROM THE WESTCOUNTRY
Captain and Mrs. T. Hoskings (sic), 17, The Green, Shaldon, received a telegram yesterday from Mr. Bock (the former’s cousin), now in America, to the effect that he had travelled down to New York, 300 miles from his home, hoping to meet their son amo...
20th April 1912  
  MEMORIAL
There is a new memorial in the Lifeboat House at Scarborough which was unveiled in April 2002 and reads: HMS Conway Trust Memorial James Paul Moody O.C. 6th Officer Titanic Born Scarborough, 21 August 1887...
   
 

 
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