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Captain Edward John Smith (1850-1912)

Captain Edward John Smith was born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England on January 27th, 1850. He joined the White Star Line in 1880 as Fourth Officer on the Celtic. Captain Smith went down with Titanic. His body was never recovered.

Chief Officer Henry Tingle Wilde (1872-1912)

Chief Officer Henry Tingle Wilde was born on September 21st, 1872 in Liverpool, England. He joined the White Star Line as a Junior Officer.
Chief Officer Henry Tingle Wilde is remembered on a grave, obelisk and gravestone in Kirkdale Cemetery, Longmoor Lane on the boundary of Aintree and Fazakerly, Liverpool. The inscription reads: 'Also Captain [sic] Henry T. Wilde, RNR Acting Chief Officer Who Met His Death in the SS Titanic Disaster 15th April 1912 aged 38 years. ''One of Britain's Heroes''.

First Officer William McMaster Murdoch (1873-1912)

First Officer William McMaster Murdoch was born on February 28th, 1873 in Dalbeattie in Dumfries, Scotland. He joined the White Star Line after serving on sailing vessels. First Officer William McMaster Murdoch was on the bridge of the Titanic at the time of the collision. He worked diligently to load lifeboats and died in the sinking, his body was never recovered. Rigel, a big black Newfoundland dog, belonging to First Officer Murdoch, saved the passengers in Lifeboat No.4.

Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller* (1874-1952)

Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller was born in Chorley, Lancashire, England on March 30th, 1874.He joined the White Star Line in January 1900 as Fourth Officer on the 'Medic'. On December 8th, 1952 Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller passed away. He was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium and the ashes scattered in the Garden of Remembrance.

Third Officer Herbert John Pittman* (1877-1961)

Third Officer Herbert John Pittman was born on November 20th, 1877 in the village of Sutton Montis, Somerset, England. He joined the White Star Line in 1906 as Fourth Officer. Third Officer Herbert John Pittman passed away on December 7th, 1961 aged 84 as a result of a subarachnoid hemorrhage. He was interred in the Parish Churchyard of Pitcombe, Somerset.

Fourth Officer Joseph Groves Boxhall* (1884-1967)

Fourth Officer Joseph Groves Boxhall was born on March 23rd, 1884 in Hull, Yorkshire, England. He joined the White Star Line in 1907 as a Junior Officer. Fourth Officer Joseph Groves Boxhall died on April 25th, 1967 at the age of 83. He was cremated, on June 12th and his ashes were scattered over the position he had calculated that the Titanic had gone down.

Fifth Officer Harold Godfrey Lowe* (1883-1944)

Fifth Officer Harold Godfrey Lowe was born in 1883 in Wales. He joined the White Star Line only fifteen months prior to joining the Titanic. Fifth Officer Harold Godfrey Lowe did survive the sinking. He died May 12th, 1944.

Sixth Officer James Pell Moody (?-1912)

Sixth Officer James Pell Moody was born on August 21st, in Scarborough, England. He joined the White Star Line as a Junior Officer. Sixth Officer James Pell Moody did not survive the sinking. There is a memorial plaque bearing James Pell Moody's name in the Church of St. Martin on the Hill, Scarborough. It bears the verse: "Be Thou Faithful Unto Death and I Will Give to Thee a Crown of Life." There is also an altar set at St. Augustine's Church in Grimsby that is memory of James Pell Moody.

Lookout Fredrick Fleet* (1887-1964)

Mr. Fredrick Fleet was born in October 1887. He never knew his father and his mother abandoned him and ran away with a boyfriend to Springfield, Massachusetts never to be heard from again. Frederick was raised by a succession of foster families and distant relatives via orphanages and Dr. Banardo Homes until the age of twelve when he was sent to a training ship, where he stayed until he was sixteen. In 1903 he went to sea as a deck boy, working his way up to Able Seaman. Before signing-on the Titanic he had sailed for over four years as lookout on the 'Oceanic'. His address was given as Norman Rd, Southampton. As a seaman Fredrick Fleet earned five pounds per month plus an extra 5 shillings for lookout duty. And it was as a lookout that Fleet joined the Titanic in April 1912.

From June 1912, Fleet served briefly as Seaman on the White Star liner Olympic. He found that the White Star Line looked at the surviving officers and crew as embarrassing reminders of the recent disaster and he left the company in August 1912. For the next 24 years Fleet sailed with Union-Castle and various other companies, finishing with the sea in 1936. Ashore, he worked for Harland and Wolff as a shipbuilder, and later was the shore Master-at-Arms for Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. As he moved into old age, he sold newspapers on a street corner in Southampton.

On December 28th, 1964, Fleet's wife died. Her brother, with whom the couple lived, then evicted Fredrick, and in a state of despondency, he committed suicide two weeks later, his body being discovered on January 10th, 1965. He was buried in an unmarked paupers grave at Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton. In 1993, a headstone was erected through donations by The Titanic Historical Society.

Lookout Reginald Robinson Lee* (1871-?)

Mr. Reginald Robinson Lee of Threefield Lane, Southampton did survive the sinking of the Titanic and was saved in lifeboat #13. Lifeboat #13 (capacity 65 persons) was launched from the starboard side at 1.40 a.m. under the command of Leading Fireman Fredrick Barrett. It contained 60 or 62 people (mainly men). Lifeboat #13 drifts underneath lifeboat #15 as it is being launched. Leading Fireman Fredrick Barrett tries to cut the ropes to free lifeboat #13. It drifts out of the way at the last minute as lifeboat #15 lands in the water. Lifeboat #13 arrived at the Carpathia at about 4.45 a.m. on the morning of April 15th, 1912.

At the British Inquiry, Lee tried to claim that there was a haze over the water at the time of the impact with the iceberg. Lookout Fleet, Second Officer Lightoller, Fourth Officer Boxhall and Wheel-Master Hichens all denied the existence of a haze, and the matter was written off as "wishful thinking".

First Radio Operator John George Phillips (1888-1912)

Firs Radio Operator John George Phillips was better known as "Jack" or "Sparks" (because he morsed so fast), was born and raised in Godalming - (Surrey) England - on April 11th, 1888. He had served as a telegraphist in the Godalming Post Office, afterwards he joined the Marconi School at Liverpool. His first wireless appointment was on the ship the Teutonic, after which he was appointed on the Mauretania, the Lusitania and the Oceanic. From there Phillips was transferred to the Titanic. Phillips joined the Titanic at Belfast. Phillips died in the disaster, a few days after his 25th birthday. Because he had been awake the previous night repairing the equipment Phillips was too exhausted to survive in the icy water. He died of hypothermia on or near Collapsible Lifeboat B, his body was never recovered.

Second Radio Operator Harold Bride* (1890-1956)

Harold Bride was born in 1890 at Nunhead, England. He joined the Marconi School and received his first appointment in July of 1911. He first worked aboard the Hoverford and then on the Lusitania. Bride joined the Titanic at Belfast. Harold Bride survived the sinking of the Titanic in Collapsible Lifeboat B. He kept a very low profile in the years following the Titanic disaster. World War I found him as a wireless operator on the tiny steamer, the Mona's Isle. He later embarked on a career as a salesman. In the 1920's he married Lucy Downie. The couple moved to Scotland and had three children. Bride was an avid church-goer and rarely spoke of the Titanic. He died of bronchial complications in 1956.

Chief Purser Herbert Walter McElroy (1870-1912)

(Seen here with Capt. E. J. Smith)

Mr. Herbert Walter McElroy, age 37, was born in Liverpool in 1875. Prior to joining the Merchant Navy in 1892 he attended the Roman Catholic Priory in Bodmin, Cornwall for a training to become a Roman Catholic priest. He did not finish the training however. McElroy was married to Barbara Ennis. The couple had their three children and they lived at Polygon House, Southampton. He had served for three years on board the troopship Britannic during the Boer War, he also served on the Majestic and was purser on the Olympic until transferred to the Titanic. He signed on the Titanic on April 9th as Chief Purser for which he was paid at the rate of £20 per month. On the fateful night of April 14th - 15th McElroy and his staff retrieved valuables from the safes and encouraged passengers to hurry to the Boat-Deck, he told the Countess of Rothes "I'm glad you didn't ask me for your jewels as some ladies have". Later he was forward where Collapsible Lifeboat C had been fitted to the lifeboat davits. Two men jumped into the boat and McElroy fired his gun twice into the air as First Officer Murdoch ordered them out.

With the water at C-Deck, and rapidly rising - according to eyewitnesses - McElroy stood with Dr. William O'Loughlin (Titanic's Surgeon), Dr. Edward Simpson (Titanic's Assistant Surgeon), Purser Reginald Barker and Second Officer Herbert Lightoller. Minutes before the sinking McElroy was seen standing on the Boat-Deck beside mail clerk William Logan Gwinn. Both men died in the sinking. McElroy's body was recovered from the sea by crew members of the Mackay Bennett. Among the effects were keys tagged "Linen Locker No. 1 C- Deck" and the address: Miss McElroy, Layton, Spottisbury, Dorset. The body was not immediately identified as that of Chief Purser McElroy and was buried at sea.

NO. 157. — MALE. — ESTIMATED AGE, 32. — HAIR, DARK.
CLOTHING - Ship's uniform; white jacket; ship's keys; 10 pence; 50 cents; fountain pen.
CHIEF PURSER. — NAME — HERBERT W. McELROY.

The Band of the Titanic was hired be Messers C. W. and  F. N.  Black of Liverpool. They continued to play throughout the disaster on the boat deck helping people calm their nerves. "Towards the end, they played Nearer my God to Thee" said some survivors and some said they played Ragtime tunes. Whatever they played...they went down with the Titanic and died a heroic death. From Left To Right Top Row:             Brailey, Theodore - Pianist - age ?                Bricoux, Roger - Cellist - age ? Middle Row:              Taylor, Percy, C. - Cellist - age ?              Hartley, Wallace Henry - Bandmaster - age 33              Krins, George - Violist - age 23 Bottom Row:              Hume, John (Jock) Law - First violinist - age 21              Clarke, J. Fred C. - Bass violist - age 34 Not in Picture:            Woodward, J. W. - Cellist - age 32