Senior Second Engineer 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.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Edward Farquharson
The memorial was originally displayed in the foyer of the Institute of Marine...
Stonemason, architect and civil engineer. Born Eskdale, Dumfriesshire. Aged 12 left school to work for a local stonemason. Aged 25 rode on horseback to London. Built roads, bridges and canals. Neve...
Walter Owen Bentley (1888 - 1971), "W. O." to his friends, founded Bentley Motors Limited. The chassis for the first model (3 litres) was exhibited at the London Motor Show in October 1919. By Dece...
Organ builder. Born in Newton Burgoland, Leicestershire. He set up business in Nottingham and moved to London, eventually establishing a factory in North Acton. Many Compton organs were installed i...
The locomotive building works of the Great Eastern Railway.The original shops were built by the railway 'King', George Hudson. In addition to the engineering facilities, Hudson provided accommodati...
See Denmark Place arson attack for information about the venue and the event. It is thought more than 150 people were inside the building when the attack happened. 37 died and 23 were injured. T...
Group, Tragedy, Bolivia, Colombia, Libya, Mauritius, Scotland, Spain
The west face is framed with pilasters each side, decorated with emblems of "war" to the left and "peace" to the right. Carved in the sto...
The sculptor is elsewhere logged as James Alexander Stevenson but the niche gives "Mirande", as best we can read. 2022: We were contacte...
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