Blue Plaque

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	ELSIE BOWERMAN PLAQUE Helena Wojtczak The author managed to persuade Hastings Borough Council to erect a plaque to survivor Elsie Bowerman at 23 Silchester Road, St Leonards-on-Sea in November 2005....
thisislancashire.co.uk	BLUE PLAQUE TRIBUTE TO CHORLEY'S HIGH-RANKING TITANIC SURVIVOR A BLUE PLAQUE has been unveiled on the gates of a high school to commemorate Lancashire man who was the highest-ranking survivor of the Titanic disaster. Charles Lightoller, the son of mill owners, grew up at Yarrow House, Chorley on the site later occupied Albany Science College . He was 38 at the time of the ship’s maiden voyage and was Second Officer. On the night of April 14, 1912, he commanded the last bridge watch before the ship’s collision with an iceberg. ...	14th September 2011
Stockport Express	COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF TITANIC VICTIM A BLUE plaque was unveiled at the weekend to commemorate Stockport's only victim on the ill-fated SS Titanic, William Watson.The plaque was unveiled by Stockport Heritage Trust, on the the outside of the Ratpit Club on Lower Bents Lane, Bredbury. This was the site of Mr Watson's home, who lived at number 3 before it was demolished....	6th September 2007
	THE BLUE PLAQUE Blue Plaque on his old House...
	S.S. TITANIC LIFEBOAT PLAQUE S.S. Titanic plaque from Lifeboat no. 2. The plaque was retrieved by James W. Barker [?] a seaman on the Carpathia at the time it picked up the Titanic survivors....
	BRASS PLAQUE IN ARUNDEL CATHEDRAL, SUSSEX.
	MEMORIAL Plaque inaugurated on 14th September 2002...
BBC News	TITANIC HERO HAROLD LOWE'S PLAQUE IS FUNDED BY COUNCIL Memorabilia from the Titanic will not now have to be sold off to pay for a plaque commemorating a hero of the disaster from Barmouth in Gwynedd. Records show Fifth Officer Harold Lowe was in the only lifeboat that went back to the sinking ship to rescue people from freezing waters in April 1912. The Titanic Trust gave the town council council a set of medals which were due to be auctioned for the plaque fund....	20th October 2011
falmouthpacket.co.uk	PLAQUE WILL HONOUR TITANIC VICTIMS - FALMOUTH PACKET Two Porthleven men who lost their lives on the sinking Titanic are to be remembered with a plaque in the port. Brothers Edgar and Fred Giles were sailing to America to “start a new life” according to mayor Mark Berryman, who has been researching the history of their lives tragically cut short almost a century ago. ...	15th December 2011
	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...
	CAPTAIN SMITH PLAQUE Plaque erected to the memory of Captain Smith...
eastbourneherald.co.uk	PLEA TO RESTORE TITANIC PLAQUE A PLAQUE commemorating the life of an Eastbourne-based musician who died aboard the Titanic needs replacing before next year’s 100th anniversary of the ship’s ill-fated maiden voyage. John Wesley Woodward played cello in the ship’s orchestra and was part of the outfit which famously played while the ship sank into the icy waters – waters which claimed the lives of 1,517 people that April 15 night back in 1912....	10th August 2011
	MEMORIAL PLAQUE Plaque at Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo...
bbc.co.uk	FUNDS RAISED TO RESTORE TITANIC CELLIST'S EASTBOURNE PLAQUE A plaque commemorating an Eastbourne musician who died on board the Titanic is to be restored after a campaign successfully raised the money required. John Wesley Woodward was a cellist in the orchestra and part of the group of musicians who played as the ship sank. Following a campaign by local man Peter Goldsmith, £1,830 was raised to repair the memorial at Eastbourne Bandstand....	21st February 2012
eastbourneherald.co.uk	TITANIC PLAQUE CAMPAIGNER IS CHASING FUNDS A CAMPAIGN to restore a plaque commemorating the life of an Eastbourne-based musician who died aboard the Titanic is fast gathering pace. John Wesley Woodward played cello in the ship’s orchestra and was part of the outfit which famously played while the ship sank into the icy waters, claiming the lives of 1,517 people on April 15, 1912. And, with the 100th anniversary of the disaster fast approaching, Eastbourne man Peter Goldsmith is busy trying to gather funds to restore the seafront memorial....	19th September 2011
	MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO SUZETTE RYERSON AND HER MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER Memorial plaque...
	CUP & SAUCER FROM TITANIC Spode Coplands Gold and cobalt blue, R4332...	1912
Voyage	BLUE JACKET (Owner: P. Kavanagh) Departed St. John’s, Newfoundland 12 March 1912 with a capacity 86 ton cargo of codfish for Oporto, Portugal. Encountering high winds, heavy seas and ice, she had to put into another Newfoundland port for several days...
	NIEUW AMSTERDAM : ENGRAVED GLASS PANELS Vestibule and A Deck Foyer: Elevator shafts are embellished in a new and exciting manner with panels of engraved glass created by Andreas D. Copier in collaboration with Jaap Gidding. Softly diffused with turquoise blue light, the various undersea m...
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	ASPLUND FAMILY HEADSTONE Ribbons of Sweden's blue...
Voyage	SAMARA John P. Eaton Samara Steam Ship Samara Co., Ltd. (Maclay & MacIntyre, Managers) Westbound Cardiff to Philadelphia on April 1st at 43 degrees 12’ N. by 45 degrees 14”W. southeast off Newfoundland’s Grand Banks, rescued t...	23rd January 2005
Southern Daily Echo	WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TITANIC PLAQUE? THE FUTURE of an important monument on Southampton's heritage trail has been thrown into doubt, the Daily Echo can reveal.Plans by Royal Mail to shut the city's main post office means the Titanic Postal Workers Memorial has an uncertain fate....	9th October 2007
	COBH MEMORIAL Memorial to all Irish emigrants at Cobh (formerly Queenstown), the memorial is accompanied by a plaque to those that lost their lives in the Titanic disaster....
	EDWARD DODD MEMORIAL On the west wall of the chancel in Christ Church Crewe is a plaque to the memory of Edward Dodd. It reads "In Memory of E...
	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 ...
	MEMORIAL PLAQUE Erected by the People of Winnipeg in memory of Their Fellow Citizens Mark Fortune; John Hugo Ross; Thompson Beattie; Charles A. Fortune; George E. Graham; and J. J. Borebank Who with 1484 others lost their lives when the Steamship Titanic Founded in ...
KOLO	TITANIC MESSAGE: DREAM BIG The blue wall at Dilworth Middle School represents the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland. It's a project the seventh grade was doing in preparation for the visit of the world famous explorer Dr. Robert Ballard....	22nd April 2010
New York Times	A DAY'S WEDDINGS SCHEFTEL-STRAUS --- Herbert Adolph Scheftel was married to Miss Vivian Straus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus, at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Sherry's, by the Rev. Dr. Schulman. The ceremony was follo...	18th January 1907
Voyage	ROYAL EDWARD John P. Eaton Canadian Northern Steamships, Ltd. Westbound Avonmouth to Halifax. On 8 April encountered and reported an ice field in the vicinity of the subsequent Titanic disaster site : 42 degrees 50’N, 49 degrees 30’W to 42 degrees 30’N 50 degrees 1...	10th May 2005
	MEMORIAL TO ROGER BRICOUX, TITANIC CELLO PLAYER On November 2nd 2000, the Association Francaise du Titanic unveiled a memorial plaque in memory of Roger Bricoux in Cosne-sur-Loire, the city where he was born on June 1st 1891. In 1913, Roger had been considered a desertor by the French army, and it...	2nd November 2000
	HARRY ELKINS WIDENER MEMORIAL Wall plaque at the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. Harry Elkins Widener A Graduate Of This University Born January 3, 1885 Died At Sea April 15, 1912 ...	May 2008
bbc.co.uk	HAROLD LOWE TO BE HONOURED BY HOME TOWN Harold Lowe was hailed a hero on his return to Barmouth, Gwynedd where it is hoped a plaque will be mounted next year. On 15 April 1912, Lowe dispersed the occupants of his lifeboat among the other boats, and rowed back towards the sinking Titanic, managing to rescue four people still alive in the water. ...	9th April 2011
	MEMORIALS TO JACK PHILLIPS Phillips, John George (Jack). Chief Wireless Operator. Has perhaps the largest Titanic memorial, namely 'The Phillips Memorial Cloister', by the River Wey, covering some three acres, at Godalming, Surrey. Inscribed on the memorial stone is: 'The Cloi...
Belfast Telegraph	CENTENARY TRIBUTE TO TITANIC BUILDERS The centenary of work beginning on RMS Titanic has been marked by a symbolic keel laying ceremony at Titanic Quarter. John M Andrews, great-nephew of Titanic designer Thomas Andrews and president of Belfast Titanic Society, unveiled a memorial plaque on a replica keel plate which has been erected on the exact spot on the Titanic slipway where construction began in 1909....	1st April 2009
Voyage	CASSANDRA John P. Eaton (Donaldson Brothers) On 9 April, while eastbound St. John, New Brunswick to Glasgow, Cassandra transmitted a warning of ice at 43 degrees 38’ N. by 49 degrees 16’ W. which was relayed at 2:55 p.m. by the Caledonia to the Bul...	23rd May 2005
eastbourneherald.co.uk	CONCERT TO MARK TITANIC ANNIVERSARY A FREE concert to commemorate 100 years since the sinking of the Titanic is to be staged at Eastbourne’s bandstand. A newly-restored plaque commemorating the life of an Eastbourne bandsman who died while playing on board the doomed liner will also be unveiled. Residents can apply now for free tickets to the afternoon concert by the Champagne String Quartet, whose performance will include music that would have been played on board the ill-fated ship....	24th February 2012
Los Altos Nes	IMANITA SHELLY HALL CREMATION Arne Mjaland From the funeral home Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland CA I got the following details about Imanita Shelly Hall: Cremation date 5/26/54. Disposition: Chapel of peace. Birthplace Kentucky. Husband Jack S. Hall. The funeral home sent me a...	28th May 1954
	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. ...
	JOHN FREDERICK PRESTON CLARKE Brian J. Ticehurst Clarke, John Frederick Preston. 22 Tunstall Street, Smithdown Road, Liverpool. Orchestra (Bass). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) ...
	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...
	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. ...
	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...

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