A boilermaker on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website.
He is also commemorated on a memorial at Craigton Cemetery, Berryknowes Road, Glasgow, and on another at Toxteth Park Cemetery, 215 Smithdown Road, Liverpool L15 2HF.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
George Alexander Chisnall
The memorial was originally displayed in the foyer of the Institute of Marine...
Railway engineer. In London he built the Battersea Railway Bridge, and was consulting engineer on the West London Extension Railway and the North London Railway.
Railway and tunnelling engineer. Born in Grahamstown, South Africa. Arrived in England in 1859. Studied with and then worked with civil engineer Peter W. Barlow on the Tower Subway tunnel. The trav...
Politician and inventor of fireproofing systems. Born in Bath, he moved to London where he met and became close friends with Benjamin Franklin. As an MP, he represented Kingston-upon-Hull and becam...
Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, USA
Engineer, specialising initially in carpentry and wood. Born near Durham.
Engineer and politician. Born in Eltham. He was apprenticed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. In 1882 he joined Tangye Ltd in Birmingham and became head of the lifting-machinery department and an exp...
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