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Articles, Stories and Pictures (462)
Minute Book of the White Star Company (Creese)
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported togeth...Death of Titanic survivor
Mrs. Catherine Croke, Ballinntemple, Dundrum, whose death has occurred is believed to have been the last survivor in Ireland of the ill-fated Titanic. She was aged 21 at the time of the disaster and it was her first experience of being aboard a sh...True Survivors : Millvina Dean and Barbara West
An update on the last two British Titanic survivors......
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 ...Special anniversary for Titanic survivors
SATURDAY was a special anniversary for three Southampton men - Mr. Walter Hurst of 5 Granville Street, Mr. Leo James Hyland of 11 Burlington Road, and Mr. George Kemish of 14 Begonia Road. Exactly 46 years ago these three were part of the crew abo...Various Memorials to James Smith
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 remembe...Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund (Penrose)
Tuesday 23rd July 1912 The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was annou...Grave of Ada Maria Clarke
Church of Holy Trinity, Weston Lane, Weston, Southampton...
Local Victims of the Disaster
Carlisle and Border men among the Crew...Rediscovered postcard strengthens link between town and Titanic
Castle Cary's connection with the world's most famous shipping disaster has been strengthened still further. This is because a New Forest pensioner has discovered a postcard found on the ship, which was to be sent to the wife of a local bu...Old postcard stirs Titanic memory
Titanic postcard read "Everything very fine up to now. No sickness anywhere. The ship is wonderful. Wished you could have come"...Sale of Rogers' Postcard
In Sotheby's July 21/22 1992 Sale Lot 278: RMS Titanic postcard sent from the Titanic, written to James Day of Swansea by his friend ''W.J.R.'' in pencil . .. Just a line to show that I am alive & kicking going grand its a ...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 Bost...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. ...PHILLIPS THE JACK BINNS
Wireless Operator on Titanic formerly on James Gordon Bennett's Yacht and on Oceanic. NEW YORK. April 15. - The wireless operator on the Titanic, who sent out the SOS message when she struck the iceberg is J. G. P...Death of Mr. Algernon Barkworth
Mr. Algernon H. Barkworth a well- known figure in Hull and east Riding public life, died on Sunday at his home at Tranby House, Hessle, at the age of 80. For 35 years a member of the east Riding bench, Mr. Barkworth retired from the...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 rememb...Ritz Restaurant Staff on the Titanic
ON BOARD the Titanic was what must have been the finest Restaurant in the world....
In The Town Of Sorrow
Southampton April 29th. Joy and sorrow, elation and depression are mingled in the homes here of the seamen, firemen and stewards of the Titanic. Feelings of compassion for the heroes who died and for their dependants overshadow...Memorials to William Dickson Mackie
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. ...E.J. The Story of Edward J. Smith. Captain of the Titanic
A review of Gary Cooper's second book on the RMS Titanic's Captain...
Post Office Memorial
At the Godalming Post Office, where Phillips was employed as a telegraphist for three years before leaving to enter the Marconi School at Liverpool, the Postmaster (Mr. W. R. Williams), and his staff have provided a suitable memorial to the...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...CLASSified in Death : Recovering the Titanic's dead
AFTER the Titanic sank in the early hours of the 15th April, 1912 the sea around the site was littered with the flotsam and jetsam of the liner. Among the broken decking, furniture and fittings were hundreds of bodies floating around. Eac...
PENROSE: Probate Information
PENROSE John Poole of 13 Southview Road Southampton steward merchant service died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Winchester 2 August 1912 to Florence Annie Penrose widow. Effects £131 3s 4d. PENROSE...Probate report (John Montgomery Smart)
Smart, John Montgomery of F26/F27 Produce Exchange, New York, United States of America. Administration with Will limited, registered London 9th December 1916 to Samuel Peck Director attorney of Jeremiah Tivomey. Effects in England £134.17.9d...Frank Allsop Memorial
Photograph of gravestone mentioning Titanic victim...
Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund (36)
March 1913 Number 282. Allsop, Elizabeth Widow. Allsop, Ellen (child). Both class D dependents. ...Memorials to Electrician Robert Millar
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 remember...Titanic Victim's Funeral
Pathetic Ceremony at Liverpool...American Red Cross Emergency and Relief Booklet [Quick]
A mother 31 years of age, and two small children, coming to join her husband in Michigan lost baggage, insured for $125 and $200 in cash....Copy of letter sent by Mr. Knowles's daughter
He jumped into the sea of chaos and saw Captain Smith lift a baby into a lifeboat, but he refused to be saved himself....Photograph of Richard Parsons
Photograph of Titanic saloon steward Richard Parsons...
Barkworth's Account
I was sitting in the smoking room with my friends when we heard a grinding sound which caused the ship to tremble . . . Engines seemed to stop. Walking out on deck, through the smoking rooms' veranda, deck A, the first person I saw was Mr. T. ...Cambridge man aboard
It is feared that a Cambridge man was among those who lost their lives, and great anxiety is felt by his parents, who live in Cambridge......Commander C. H. Lightoller
Commander C. H. Lightoller died at his home at Twickenham yesterday at the age of 78......Red Cross Committee report
Bracken, Mr. James. H. Missing. American. Home New Mexico. (From The Emergency and Relief booklet by the American Red Cross, 1913). No. 51. (American). Husband, travelling alone, was drowned. He was ca...A Canadian Reference
Collett, said he assisted Miss Wright and Miss Buss to the lifeboat and after explaining to the crew about to man it that the young women had been entrusted to his care, he was allowed to enter the lifeboat with them......No Reading people among Titanic passengers
Inquiries made at the local shipping offices by a Reading Observer' representative elicited the fact that there were no Reading people among the passengers....Jonathan Shepherd Obituary
WAS born on the 31st March, 1880, at Whitehaven, Cumberland. When quite young his parents moved to Blackburn, where he passed his apprenticeship days with the firm of James Davenport, of the Canal Works. From this firm he went to Messrs Ho...Andrew Latimer (Probate Report)
Calendar of Probate 1912: LATIMER, Andrew of Glenwyllin Road, Waterloo, Lancashire, ship steward, died 15th April 1912 at sea. Probate, Liverpool 7th October to Jennie Latimer, widow. Effects £3082 9s 3d. ...Mr. and Mrs. Chapman
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, Liskeard, were also among the lost. Mrs. Chapman declining to go without her husband. Mrs. Hocking tells of how Mrs. Chapman was behind her when they were getting into the lifeboat. But when Sarah found that her hus...Port Sunlight
Progress, the Lever brother's journal, reports on connections between the model village of Port Sunlight and the Titanic....Did this man survive three days in the icy ocean?
By far the most exciting story concerning a Titanic crewman has survived through Mrs. Louise Parker of Golden Grove, a surviving daughter of greaser George Prangnell. The story of Prangnell's escape is truly incredible, and is told here in pri...Mansion House Relief Fund (Eagle)
The Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area...Sussex and the Disaster
Worthing Associations...Rescued Passenger Brings Word of Lost Superintendent
Tells of Acquaintance Made With Bennington Man...FIRE UP HARD
The orders to us were to fire up as hard as we could....Titanic Relief Fund (William Thomas Kerley)
Compensation made to Kerley's parents 1913-1924... -
Biographies (331)
Thomas Peter O'Connor
Victualling Crew
Charlotte Caroline Collyer
2nd Class Passenger
Archibald Scott
Engineering Crew
Amelia Lemore
2nd Class PassengerMarie Grice Young
1st Class Passenger
William Dickson Mackie
Engineering Crew
Eileen McNamee
3rd Class Passenger
Rinaldo Renato Ricaldone
Restaurant StaffFrank Couch
Deck CrewJack Butterworth
Victualling CrewJohn Poole Penrose
Victualling Crew
Alexander Robins
3rd Class PassengerJean Baptiste Blumet
Restaurant Staff
Christopher Mills
Victualling Crew
Richard Henry Rouse
3rd Class Passenger
Thomas Arthur Whiteley
Victualling Crew
Arthur John Priest
Engineering Crew
Edenser Edward Wheelton
Victualling Crew
James Arthur Paintin
Victualling Crew
Charles Donald McKay
Victualling Crew
William Arthur Lucas
Deck Crew
Bridget Bradley
3rd Class Passenger
Virginia Ethel Emanuel
3rd Class PassengerEdward Charles Biggs
Engineering Crew
Andrew George James Simmons
Victualling CrewSamuel James Rule
Victualling Crew
Peter Sloan
Engineering CrewJohn Adams
3rd Class Passenger
Reginald Charles Coleridge
2nd Class Passenger
