At Pitcombe, Bruton, Somerset, aged 84. A survivor of the Titanic disaster; was third officer on the liner, which sank in the Atlantic in 1912 after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage.
At Pitcombe, Bruton, Somerset, aged 84. A survivor of the Titanic disaster; was third officer on the liner, which sank in the Atlantic in 1912 after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage.
Encyclopedia Titanica (2004) Death notice: Herbert John Pitman (Daily Telegraph, Monday 18th December 1961, ref: #3941, published 14 October 2004, generated 24th May 2023 09:39:06 AM); URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/pitman-death.html