Event    From 14/4/1912  To 15/4/1912

sinking of the Titanic

Categories: Tragedy

On board were over 2,200 people: 1,316 passengers and about 900 crew. 1,517 lives were lost, including W. T. Stead and Christopher Head, but not J. P. Morgan, nor Charles Lightoller nor Harold Bride.  The women and children were given priority in the life-boats and those for whom there was no room would have died from hypothermia in the freezing water.

Wikipedia lists memorials at: Belfast (where the ship was built), Liverpool (the port of registry and home to the White Star Line), New York City (destination port), Southampton (port of departure), Washington DC, Glasgow, Cohn/Queenstown in County Cork (last port of call). there are memorials to to individuals lost on the ship in Southampton, Manhattan, Colne in Lancashire and Dumfries in Scotland. A statue of the captain, Edward Smith, was unveiled in Beacon Park, Lichfield in 1914.

The dining room, a copy of that at Hotel Russell, was designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll.

In 2013 Londonist told of three more memorials in London: “You can also find a plaque hanging inside the Institute of Marine Engineers headquarters in Aldgate, to commemorate the 35 engineers who lost their lives. The Chadwell Heath Wetherspoon pub is named after Eva Hart, a survivor of the disaster who lived locally until her death in 1996. Finally, a plaque resides in the Royal Albert Hall dedicated to the musicians on board the ship, who were subsequently hailed as heroes for keeping playing as the ship sank, in order to provide relief and calm other passengers.”

2021: Londonist reported on a fascinating collection of Titanic-related objects held by the London Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
sinking of the Titanic

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Charles Lightoller

Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller RNR. DSC* {Between an image of a ship's ...

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Charles Melville Hays

A.M.D.G. stands for Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam (For the greater glory of God). It...

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Eva Hart

Hart lived in nearby Japan Road for most of her adult life until her death. T...

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Father Thomas Byles - home

The church that erected the plaque is immediately behind this house, which is...

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Father Thomas Byles - station

Although we have not been able to find this plaque we have not marked it as '...

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John Hartnell

John Hartnell

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Frank Kreppel

Frank Kreppel

Worked at Willesden Garage and killed in a WW1 air raid. The war memorial outside Willesden Bus Garage shows his name as F. Kreppell. However, most records show his surname spelt as Kreppel, includ...

Person, Tragedy, Transport

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Paul Martin Hussey

Paul Martin Hussey

British, killed by the Bali bomb, age 46.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Wayan Tamba

Wayan Tamba

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial

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Jeremy Robert Feakes

Jeremy Robert Feakes

Designer, entrepreneur and founder of the Urban Golf Tournament.  Urban Golf seems to be exactly what you'd imagine it might be and has been played in the East End, Siena, Hong Kong, Canada and Ven...

Person, Architecture, Craft / Design, Sport / Games

1 memorial
L. Piper

L. Piper

Worked at the Stock Exchange and died in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Albert Chevalier

Albert Chevalier

W11, St Ann's Villas, 17

Albert Chevalier, 1861 - 1923, music hall comedian, was born here. London County Council

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Fiona Stevenson

Fiona Stevenson

Fiona Georgina Stevenson was born on 22 June 1976 in Crewe, Cheshire. Electoral registers in 2003  show her listed at 135 Old Ford Road, London, E2 9QD. She was a solicitor at the firm of Reynolds ...

Person, Tragedy

2 memorials
Peter Frank Stott

Peter Frank Stott

Civil engineer. Eight years working in Australia. Director of Highways and Transportation at the GLC 1964-67. President of the Institute of Civil Engineers in 1990. Died Devon.

Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Transport, Australia

2 memorials