Hartley Wallace Musician Orchestra Band Violinist

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	WALLACE HENRY HARTLEY MEMORIAL ...
examiner.co.uk	HUDDERSFIELD TITANIC BAND LEADER TO FEATURE IN NEW SHOW BY DOWNTON ABBEY ... - HUDDERSFIELD EXAMINER People in Huddersfield recall the heroism of Titanic bandleader Wallace Hartley. Hartley was born and raised in Colne, Lancashire, and initially made his living playing in café orchestras across Yorkshire. He moved with his family to Dewsbury and then Almondbury in 1893 and joined Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra, in which he played until 1901 when he moved to another orchestra in Bridlington. ...	28th December 2011
yesweekly.com	STORIES FROM THE TITANIC Imagine, as I am now, that my name is Mr. Wallace Henry Hartley, 33, of Dewsbury, England, a violinist and bandleader. The year is 1912, and a couple days earlier I was chosen to lead the band on the brand new showpiece of the White Star cruise line: the RMS Titanic. Hartley is the name on my boarding pass, handed to me at the entrance to the new Titanic exhibition at the Greensboro Natural Science Center, which runs through Nov. 27 — everybody gets one, embossed with an actual name of one of the 1,316 passengers on board for the vessel’s maiden voyage....	3rd August 2011
	WALLACE HENRY HARTLEY
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk	MADNESS STAR SUGGS COMES TO COLNE TO RESEARCH TITANIC BAND LEADER WALLACE HARTLEY MADNESS frontman Suggs toured East Lancashire in the search of its Titanic legacy. He stopped off at Blackburn train station before boarding the train to Colne on his voyage of discovery yesterday. Along with the production team from UKTV, he filmed near The Crown pub, at Colne Cemetery and at the statue of Wallace Henry Hartley who famously led a band as RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. ...	3rd November 2011
Liverpool Daily Post	ST LUKE'S CHURCH HOSTS SPECIAL TITANIC FILM SCREENING A FAMOUS feature film about the tragic liner Titanic will get an outdoor screening at one of Liverpool's landmark buildings on Saturday evening.There will be free entry to the acclaimed 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, at St Luke's Church, Leece Street, at 8pm. A young string quartet will perform some of Titanic's band repertoire played while the ship sank. Titanic's band leader was former Liverpool Philharmonic musician Wallace Hartley....	11th April 2009
	WALLACE HARTLEY'S DRESSING WATCH The four-funneled liner on the fob is the Mauretania....
Lancashire Telegraph	NEW COLNE PUB TO BE NAMED AFTER TITANIC HERO A NEW £1.4million pub in Colne will be named after one of the town's most famous sons. Wetherspoons has announced that its new premises will be called The Wallace Hartley after the Titanic's bandleader. Hartley, who was born in Greenfield Road, famously instr-ucted the band to continue to play as the ship started to sink after hitting an iceberg....	29th October 2008
dailymail.co.uk	THEY’RE EVEN SELLING THE DECKCHAIRS! EVERYONE’S CASHING IN ON 100TH ANNIVERSARY A deckchair that graced the decks of the Titanic is expected to fetch between £62,000 to £125,000 when it goes on sale. The chair - one of seven known to exist, will be auctioned along with other lots from the ill-fated ship in the approach to the 100th Anniversary of the sinking ship. Other memorabilia available includes a letter from the ship's British orchestra leader Wallace Hartley, a rare pay slip from a crewman for his six days of service and a gold locket. The deck chair is expected to fetch between £62,000 to £125,000 when it goes on sale Hartley whose orchestra ‘played on’ whilst going down with the ship, penned the two-page letter, written on ‘Titanic’ letterhead to his parents on his first day on board. The letter dated April 10, 1912 reads: 'Just a line to say we have got away all right. It’s been a bit of a rush but I am just getting a little settled....	29th March 2012
	VIOLIN PLAYED AS TITANIC SUNK IN 1912 FINALLY DISCOVERED! A new book to be published this week, The Band that Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic by Steve Turner, claims that the violin which band leader Wallace Hartley played as the Titanic sank in April 1912 survived, and may be offered for sale at the time of next year's centenary....	28th March 2011
	WALLACE HENRY HARTLEY'S GRAVE Wallace Hartley's Grave...
Lancashire Telegraph	TITANIC BANDMASTER'S VIOLIN MAY BE SOLD Peter Magill Tests are being carried out on a violin thought to have belonged to Wallace Hartley, who famously played on as the White Star Liner sank in April 1912. And if the instrument turns out to be genuine experts believe it could break the £100,000 record for an artefact from the wreck. ...	2nd April 2011
The Times	FUNERAL OF THE TITANIC'S BANDMASTER The funeral of Mr Wallace Hartley, the bandmaster of the Titanic, took place on Saturday at Colne Cemetery. Thousands of visitors from all parts of the surrounding country were present. The funeral was attended by the Mayor and members of...	20th May 1912
Birkenhead News	AN ARGYLE THEATRE'S BANDSMAN AMONG THE TITANIC ORCHESTRA One of those on board the Titanic and who it is feared is amongst those who have perished, is Mr. J. F. P. Clarke, formerly a member of the orchestra of the Argyle Theatre of Varieties. Mr. Clarke in his short time he played...	20th April 1912
Titanic Research	TITANIC'S BAND: KILLING THEM SOFTLY. Senan Molony Just how many people did the ship's orchestra kill?...	17th February 2004
The Violinist	THE ORCHESTRA ON THE TITANIC A review of Hume by people who knew him...	1912
Liverpool Echo	THE BRAVE BANDSMEN - A BELGIAN MEMORIAL A movement has been started at Liege to commemorate, by a suitable and picturesque monument, the heroic behaviour of the band on board the Titanic. Of the eight members of the band, one, George Krins, was a young and most promising musician, born at ...	25th April 1912
Eastbourne Gazette	DEATHS : WOODWARD April 14, J. Wesley Woodward, a member of the Titanic orchestra, and formerly 'cellist in the Eastbourne Municipal Band and the Duck of Devonshire's Eastbourne orchestra....	21st April 1912
dgstandard.co.uk	NEW BOOK RECOUNTS LIFE OF TRAGIC TITANIC MUSICIAN Amid the chaos as the ship went down, 21-year-old John and the seven other members of his band moved from the stricken liner’s lounge to the forward half of the deck to offer a little comfort and solace in the face of hopelessness and despair. All eight members perished and John’s body was recovered without a life jacket – a poignant indication that he played to the bitter end....	8th April 2011
Burnley Express	WALLACE HARTLEY AND THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC Welcome to all our readers to our very first column of 2011 and here we present an iconic image of what is the most famouse sea-faring vessel of all time....	11th January 2011
	WHITE STAR LINER ARABIC Returned Hartley's body in Great Britain...	1915
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk	PRECINCT HONOUR FOR COLNE'S TITANIC HERO - LANCASHIRE TELEGRAPH COLNE Precinct could be renamed in honour of the town’s most famous son to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. Talks are taking place to name the town centre shopping arcade after bandmaster Wallace Hartley, who famously lead the band as the liner sank after hitting an iceberg. His body was recovered two weeks after the ship sank, still fully dressed in his bandmaster uniform, and returned to Colne where a huge procession followed his body to its burial on May 18 1912. ...	12th December 2011
	MAURETANIA PRIVATE PICTURE, 1908 Roger Bricoux, Wallace Hartley, Theodore Brailey and Captain Rostron are four of the many names that link the Titanic tragedy and the Cunarder Mauretania...	24th July 1908
scotsman.com	TITANIC HERO WHO PLAYED ON TO THE BITTER END THE great-niece of a young violinist who played on the Titanic as it sank has told his story for the first time. John "Jock" Hume, 21, from Dumfries, was the youngest member of the RMS Titanic orchestra, which famously continued to play as the ship went down....	24th May 2011
eveningnews24.co.uk	BOUGHTON RESIDENT'S BOOK REVEALS TALE OF YOUNG BANDSMAN ON TITANIC When budding violinist John Hume got the nod to be the lead violinist on the doomed Titanic, he knew it was an opportunity he couldn't resist....	20th May 2011
Liverpool Echo	FRESHFIELD AIRMAN - ONE OF THE TITANIC'S ORCHESTRA Our photo is of Mr. William T. Brailey, who was a member of the now famous and heroic orchestra of the Titanic. Mr. Brailey was at one time associated with Mr. Compton Paterson at the Freshfield aerodrome, and Mr. J. Gaunt at the Southport hanger. He...	25th April 1912
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk	COLNE TITANIC MUSUEM WANTS TO ATTRACT 100000 VISITORS A NEW museum commemorating the RMS Titanic is hoping to attract around 100,000 visitors in the run up to the centenary of when the ship sank. Maritime enthusiast Nigel Hampson, 42, has brought the Titanic and her maiden voyage to life as he opened the Titanic in Lancashire Museum, in the old Colne Grammar School, off Albert Road, Colne on Wednesday. Nigel, of Humphrey Street, Brierfield is hoping to attract visitors from around the world with his display remembering the 71 Lancashire people who were on board the doomed vessel - including Wallace Hartley, the ship’s famous band leader from Colne. ...	14th August 2011
burnleycitizen.co.uk	TITANIC MEMORIES FLOWER AGAIN IN COLNE A model of the Titanic set within a floral display has been unveiled in Colne town centre. The model of the Titanic has been placed in the flower bed near the bust of the real ship's bandleader, Wallace Hartley, in Colne. ...	5th July 2011
Scottish Daily Record	GREAT NIECE HONOURS SCOTS VIOLINIST JOHN LAW HUME - WHO PLAYED ON AS TITANIC WENT DOWN VIOLINIST John Law Hume played his final tune as the freezing waves claimed the Titanic....	29th March 2011
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
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
	KRINS FAMILLY TOMBSTONE IN SPA CEMETERY (BELGIUM) ...
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
	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 ...
Newspaper	JOHN LAW HUME BIOGRAPHY;RMS TITANIC 'THE FIRST VIOLIN' BY YVONNE HUME Donna White I have just come across this article from the Sunday Mail in Scotland. This seems to be a fascinating book as it is written by a close relative, I can't wait to read the whole book. ...	27th March 2011
The Times	THE TITANIC BAND MEMORIAL CONCERT THE TITANIC BAND MEMORIAL CONCERT Under the auspices of the Orchestral Association a concert was given yesterday at the Albert Hall in honour of the musicians who peris...	25th May 1912
The New York Times	SINKING SHIP'S BAND CHOSE FITTING HYMN "Hold Me Up in Mighty Waters," a Suggestive Line in "Autumn" WERE NOTED MUSICIANS Friends of the Titanic's Bandmaster Say He Believed In Music's Power t...	21st April 1912
Eastbourne Gazette	MR. J. WESLEY WOODWARD One of the best known among the hero musicians of the Titanic was Mr. J. Wesley Woodward, son of Mrs. Woodward, of The Firs, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford, who was one of the violoncelle players of the Duke of Devonshire's Eastbourne Orchestra. M...	24th April 1912
Titanic Research	TITANIC'S VIOLINIST AND A VILLAINOUS MURDER Senan Molony How Jock Hume's family met further tragedy amidst the chaos of war....	26th March 2004
dgstandard.co.uk	RED ROSES FOR TITANIC HERO MUSICIAN - JOCK HUME ALMOST a century has past since the great ocean liner, the RMS Titanic, collided with an iceberg on its maiden voyage. The worst maritime disaster at peacetime in living history claimed the lives of 1,517 people on April 15, 1912, including that of one of the ship’s musicians, a young man called John Law Hume. Born and raised in Dumfries, before joining the ill-fated band of musicians on the White Star Ocean liner, the body of 21-year-old Jock was recovered from the waters of the Northern Atlantic by the MacKay Bennett shortly after the Titanic sank. His unidentified body was buried in May of that year at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia....	4th November 2011
Titanic Review	THE BAND THAT PLAYED ON – REVIEW Senan Molony Senan Molony reviews Steve Turner's new book about the musicians aboard the Titanic The Band that Played On...	3rd June 2011
Lancashire Telegraph	HONOUR FOR COLNE'S TITANIC BAND MASTER THE band master of the ill-fated Titanic and one of Colnes most famous sons has earned an entry into a distinguished literary canon....	28th May 2010
New York Times	CAPT ROSTRON AT CONCERT For the Benefit of Titanic's Musicians---Receives $10,000 To-day --- Capt. Arthur Henry Rostron of the Cunard liner Carpathia returned last night to the Carpathia after his trip to Philadelphia, where he had been the guest of Mrs. John ...	3rd June 1912
Eastbourne Gazette	HERO MUSICIANS : SUGGESTED MEMORIAL TO MR. J. W. WOODWARD The Titanic Disaster While the horror of the Titanic disaster is still fresh in the public mind, and the nation is contributing with an almost unexampled generosity to funds for the survivors and the families of the crew, would it not ...	1st May 1912
New York Times	BETWEEN SIPS OF TEA Lady Duff-Gordon is one of the English titled women who are "in trade," as it is termed in England. She started a dress-making establishment some years since in London, and, having energy and taste, it has proved most successful. She is a Canadian...	11th December 1904
	ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND This 1911 record made by the Victor Military Band is very well recorded and gives an idea of the fast pace the song used to be played at. This is one song that many survivors recall being played on the night of the sinking. In fact it is not r...	1911
stv.tv	NIECE OF SCOTS TITANIC VIOLINIST RELEASES COOK BOOK IN HIS MEMORY The shock story of the sinking of the luxury cruise liner The Titanic is something that still sends a chill down the spine today but for the author of a new book based on the tragedy the story is one that truly strikes a personal note....	1st May 2010
New York Times	SOCIETY---HOME AND ABROAD Personal and Otherwise --- Miss Esmé Wallace, who is to marry Viscount Tiverton, son of the Earl of Halsbury, is a daughter of Lady Duff-Gordon by her first husband, and is a niece of Eleanor Glyn, the novelist. Her mother marrie...	4th August 1907
	PURSUIT OF GRACE: ABOARD THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND A new historical fiction novel about the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. This historically accurate account is written by a Salvation Army Staff Band member, the same band whose predecessors were aboard the Empress the night the ship sank....
Titanic Review	THE WATCH THAT ENDS THE NIGHT: VOICES FROM THE TITANIC Randy Bryan Bigham Allan Wolf lyricizes the Titanic in a fact-based, poignant evocation of the 100 year old tragedy...	29th December 2011

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