encyclopedia titanica

Mr Herbert Jupe : Titanic Engineering Crew

Summary
Born: Friday 6th May 1881 in Southampton Hampshire England
Age: 30 years
Marital Status: Single.
Last Residence: at 74 Bullar Road, Bitterne Park Southampton Hampshire England
Occupation: Electrician
Last Ship: Olympic
Engine crew
First Embarked: Southampton
Died in the sinking.
Body recovered by: Mackay-Bennett (No. 73)
Buried: at Sea on Wednesday 24th April 1912.

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Other Information
Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund
Memory Card
Correspondence between Herbert Jupe's father and the Provincial Secretary, Nova Scotia

Grave or Memorial
Various Memorials

Mr Herbert Jupe

Mr Herbert Jupe, 31, was born in Southampton and served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Lankester & Co. of Southampton. Employed 18 months with the London & South Western Railway Co. and three years with the Southampton Cold Storage Co. before joining White Star. Appointed Assistant Electrician aboard the Majestic in August 1908 and served in Teutonic and Olympic before joining the Titanic. A resident of Bitterne Park, Southampton, Jupe was unmarried but left elderly parents. His body was recovered from the Atlantic (#73) and subsequently buried at sea.

After the disaster Herbert's parents wrote the following letter:

Dear Sir, I have been informed by Mr F. Blake Superintendent Engineer of the White Star line, Trafalgar Chambers on the 10th that the body of my Beloved Son Herbert Jupe which was the Electrical Engineer No. 3 on the Ill Fatted Titanic has been recovered and Burried at Sea by the Cable Steamer "Mackay-Bennett" and that his Silver Watch and Handkerchief marked H.J. is in your possession. he bought him half of the same when he was at Belfast with the R.M.S. Olympic to have a new blade put to one of Her Perpellors. We are extreemly oblidged for all your kindness to my Precious Boy. He was not Married and was the Love of our Hearts and he Loved his Home. But God gave and God has taken him. Blessed be the Name of the Lord. He has left an aceing Void in our Home which cannot be filled. Please send along the Watche and Handkerchief marked H.J. Yours truly C.Jupe His mother is 72 last April 4th. His Father is 68 Last Feb. 9th.

Documents
White Star Line (1912.) Record of Bodies and Effects (Passengers and Crew S.S. "Titanic") Recovered by Cable Steamer "MacKay Bennett" Including Bodies Buried at Sea and Bodies Delivered at Morgue in Halifax, N.S. Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S., Manuscript Group 100, Vol. 229, No. 3d, Accession 1976-191, 76 pp., unpaged. (#73)
Crew Particulars of Engagement

Sources
United States Senate, Washington 1912. n° 806, Crew List

Acknowledgements
Denis Griffiths, UK