Second Engineer (Refrigeration) on the RMS Titanic. 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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Henry Hesketh
The memorial was originally displayed in the foyer of the Institute of Marine...
Used c.1709 - 1720 to pump water supplied via the New River from the round pond to the upper pond (now Claremont Square reservoir).
Succeeded Lewis Angell as Borough Engineer for West Ham Council. Held the post in 1905.
Civil Engineer. Born London, son of the architect Sir Charles Barry. His firm specialised in railways, bridges and docks. Built the Circle Line and, following the death of Horace Jones, Tower Bridg...
Civil engineer. Born 27 Stamford Street. In London, worked on Waterloo, Southwark and London Bridges. President of the Institute of Civil Engineers, 1845-8. Died at Bengeo, near Hertford. Easy to...
Born Stockport. Engineer working in the field of precision instruments and guns. Philanthropic, giving money for education during his life and encouraging his beneficiaries to do so after his death...
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