Mr Sidney Edward Daniels
- Biography
| Name: Mr Sidney Edward Daniels
Born: Sunday 19th November 1893 Age: 18 years Last Residence: in Southsea Hampshire England Occupation: Steward Victualling crew First Embarked: Southampton Rescued Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Wednesday 25th May 1983 |
Mr Sidney Edward Daniels [1], 18, was born in Portsmouth on 19 November 1893.
When he signed-on to the Titanic, on 4 April 1912, he gave his address as 119 Albert Rd., (Southampton). His last ship was the Olympic. As a third class steward he received monthly wages of £3 15s.
Daniels was rescued. He managed to board the upturned Collapsible B.
"I just stopped at home. After a couple of days I went down with quinsy, a reaction had set in apparently. I was on the dole for about six months and I went back on the Olympic and stopped right there. I did roughly two hundred voyages on the Olympic, backwards and forwards to New York each time."
Sid Daniels was the last surviving Titanic crewmember. He died in Portsmouth on 25 May 1983.
Notes
1. He is sometimes listed as "Sidney Albert Daniels".
References and Sources
Crew Particulars of Engagement
General Register Office Certified Copy of an Entry of Death
Donald Hyslop, Alastair Forsyth and Sheila Jemima (1997) Titanic Voices: Memories from the Fateful Voyage, Sutton Publishing, Southampton City Council. ISBN 0 7509 1436 X
United States Senate, Washington 1912. n° 806, Crew List
Credits
Brian Ticehurst, UK
Related Articles and Documents
| Daily Sketch (1915) | SID DANIELS IN WW1 |
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