Person    | Male  Born 1883  Died 15/4/1912

Charley Hodge

Categories: Engineering, Tragedy

Senior Assistant 3rd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. Despite being shown on memorials as Charles Hodge, he is shown as Charley Hodge on his birth registration certificate, and on the 1891, 1901 & 1911 census returns. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website.

He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DW and on the Titanic Memorial Plinth in the Titanic Memorial Gardens, Donegal Square East, Belfast, BT1 5QS, that shows 1,512 names of those who died in the disaster.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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