Mr Boylett Herbert Jupe,¹ was born at 3 Castle Square, Southampton, Hampshire, England on 6 May 1881.

He was the youngest son of Charles Jupe (b. 1844), a whitesmith, and Elizabeth Roberts Collins (b. 1840), both Hampshire natives from Winchester and Overton, respectively who had married in 1865. The couple lived at different locations around Hampshire prior to Herbert's birth, including Winchester and Romsey, settling in Southampton around 1876.

One of seven surviving children born to his parents (from a total of nine), Jupe's siblings were: Alfred (1862-1944), Eliza Jane (b. 1866, later Mrs Frederick James Churcher), Charles (1868-1933), Thomas (1870-1947), Henrietta (1872-1957, later Mrs Alfred Rutter then Mrs Edward House) and Ada (b. 1876, later Mrs Frederick William Witt).

Bert or Bertie, as he was known, appears on the 1891 census residing with his family at 3 Lansdown Hill, All Saints, Southampton. The 1901 census shows that he is the last remaining child at home, he and his parents by now living at 43 Somerset Road, Portswood. He was then described as an electrician's apprentice.

Jupe served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Lankester & Co. of Southampton and then worked for eighteen months with the London & South Western Railway Co. followed by three years with the Southampton Cold Storage Co. He joined the White Star Line in August 1908 as an assistant electrician aboard the Majestic and would go on to serve aboard the Teutonic and Adriatic before joining the Olympic in Belfast.

He and his parents appeared on the 1911 census living at 74 Bullar Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton and he was described as an unmarried ship's electrician. He would give this address when he signed on for Titanic's maiden voyage on 6 April 1912 and stated his previous ship as the Olympic. As an assistant electrician, he would earn monthly wages of £8. Reportedly a talented amateur musician and proficient on the ukulele, he is reputed to have played for Queen Victoria. He always took his ukulele to sea with him and it would have been in his cabin on the Titanic.

Jupe died in the sinking and his body was recovered from the Atlantic (#73) by the MacKay Bennett and was subsequently buried at sea.

After the disaster Herbert's parents sought to recover the effects that were found upon his body (spelling and grammar uncorrected):

Herbert is named with other members of the Titanic's Engineering crew members on the following memorials, including: the Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park Southampton; Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers Memorial; Liverpool Titanic and Merchant Navy Engineers Memorial; and the  Liverpool Church of St Faith Memorial to the memory of the Chief Engineer and his Engine room staff.

Herbert's elderly parents remained in Southampton; his father died in 1922 and his mother the following year.