Person    | Male  Born 28/1/1879  Died 15/4/1912

John Henry Hesketh

Categories: Engineering, Tragedy

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.

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John Henry Hesketh

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RMS Titanic Engineers

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Finchley Road

Finchley Road

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1 memorial
E. E. Finch

E. E. Finch

Bethnal Green Borough Engineer in 1909. From The Building News and Engineering Journal, July to December 1918: "Mr. E. E. Finch, the engineer of the City of London, has, with the consent of the co...

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1 memorial
Great Conduit

Great Conduit

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2 memorials
Osborne Reynolds

Osborne Reynolds

Professor of engineering.  FRS.  Born Belfast.  Aged 25 he was appointed professor of engineering (one of the first to be appointed to such a post in the UK) in Owens College, Manchester.  He remai...

Person, Education, Engineering, Ireland

1 memorial

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Daniel Solander

Daniel Solander

E1, The Highway, Swedenborg Gardens

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2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Daniel, Elisabeth and Margaret Reardon

Daniel, Elisabeth and Margaret Reardon

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Robert Cornelius

Robert Cornelius

13th E. Surrey

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lamb Building

Lamb Building

EC4, Inner Temple

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2 subjects commemorated
South East Working Donkey Group

South East Working Donkey Group

Part of the Donkey Sanctuary, we think.

Group, Animals

1 memorial