R.M.S. TITANIC VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS

 IN THE U.K

 

 

 

Whenever I go out for the day, I always check my Titanic book and see if there's any Titanic graves near where I'm going. So below are the ones I've discovered so far.

 

 

St Mary's Church, Kings Worthy, Hampshire

 

Albert Vale Barker

 

 

 

 

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In Memoriam

Albert Vale Barker

Aged 19 Years

A Former Chorister Of This Church

Who Was Lost With The S.S. Titanic

April 15th 1912

Albert Vale Barker, was employed as a Assistant Baker on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. If his body was recovered, it was never identified.

 

 St Peter's Church, Bramshaw, Hampshire

 

 

In this small church, there's  a plaque inside the church and two family graves in the churchyard. Below is how they appear.

 

 

 

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Percy Deacon 17 Years old

William Dibden 18 Years Old

Charles Henry Davies 19 Years Old

Ambrose Hood 21 Years Old

Stanley George Hickman 21 Years Old

Leonard Mark Hickman 24 Years Old

Lewis Hickman 32 Years Old

All Of The Parish Who Were Lost In The Wreck Of The

S S Titanic On April 15th 1912 Through Collision With An

Iceberg In The Atlantic

 

Percy Deacon

 

Percy Deacon, was a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. If his body was recovered, it was never was never identified.

 

 William Dibben





 

William Dibden is mentioned on the church plaque and on a family grave in the churchyard

 

 

 

 

Inscription Reads

 

William, Eldest Son Of The Above

Who Was Lost In The Wreck Of The

S.S. Titanic April 15th 1912 Aged 18 Years

William Dibden, was a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. If his body was recovered, it was never identified.

 

 Charles Henry Davies

Charles Henry Davies, was a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. If his body was recovered it was never identified.

 

 Lewis Hickman

Lewis Hickman, was a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. His body was recovered and he was the 256 body recovered from the Atlantic. He was laid to rest in the Riverside Cemetery, Canada. Two of his brothers were on the Titanic with him.

 

 

Leonard Mark Hickman

Leonard Mark Hickman, was a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. If his body was recovered, it was never identified. Two of his brothers were on the Titanic with him.

 

 

Stanley George Hickman

Stanley George Hickman, was a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. If his body was recovered, it was never identified. Two of his brothers were on the Titanic with him.

 

 

Ambrose Hood



 

 

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Ambrose Hood

Son Of The Above

Lost His Life In The Wreck Of

S.S. Titanic April 15th 1912 Aged 21 Years

Ambrose Hood, was a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the sinking. If his body was recovered, it was never identified.

 

Pitcombe Parish Cemetery, Somerset

 

Herbert John Pitman M.B.E

 

 

 

 

Inscription Reads

In Love We Remember

Herbert John Pitman  M.B.E

1877-1961

Merchant Navy 1895-1947

Rest In Peace

3rd Officer .S.S. Titanic

Herbert John Pitman, as a 3rd Officer his duties aboard the Titanic included working out the ship's position through celestial observation, finding the deviation of the ship's compass, general supervision around the decks, looking after the quartermaster's and relieving the officers on the bridge. he survived the disaster. He passed away on 7th December 1961, he was laid to rest in the small Cemetery in Pitcombe.

 

 

Romsey Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire

 

Arthur Ward

 



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To The Glory Of God

And In The Loving Memory Of

Arthur (Bob) Ward

Engineer Officer

The Beloved Son Of Alfred And Emily Ward

Who Lost His Life In The Foundering Of The

S.S. Titanic

April 15th 1912 Aged 24 Years

Arthur Ward, was Assistant fourth Engineer on the Titanic. He was one of the brave men who stayed at their posts down below in the depth of the ship, right up to the end, to ensure the lights stay on for as long as possible. What went through their minds as they knew that they were going to die ?. If his body was recovered, it was never Identified.

 

 Studland Methodist Church, Studland, Dorset

 

Jacob William Gibbons

 

 

 

 

Jacob William Gibbons, was a Second Class Saloon Steward on the Titanic, he survived the disaster. He passed away on 27th February 1965, his ashes were scattered in the graveyard of Studland Methodist Church.

 

Clevedon, North Somerset

 

John William Gill

 

 



 

 

The Top photo is where John william Gill lived up until the time to left to take passage on the Titanic. The Church in the picture is St John The Evangelist in Clevedon. This is where he married Sarah Elizabeth Wilton Hodder on 14 February 1912.

John William Gill, was a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. On 23 April his body was recovered by the Mackay-Bennett, his was the 155 body to be recovered and he was buried at sea the following day.

 

 

Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey

 

Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon

Lady Lucy Christina Duff-Gordon

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Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon

Of Maryculter 5th Baronet

July 22 1832 April 20 1931

Also

Lucy Christina Duff-Gordon

The Duff- Gordon's, were First Class Passengers on the Titanic, they both survived the disaster. On the night of the sinking they approached First Officer Murdoch and asked him if he and his wife could get into the lifeboat that Murdoch was supervising, murdoch replied that he would pleased if they did. When Lifeboat one was lowered at 1.am it only contained 12 people and seven of those were crew members. After the sinking a Leading Fireman in the lifeboat asked if they should go back for survivors, lady Duff-Gordon warned that they might get swamped by people in the sea. Sir Duff- Gordon gave the crew in the lifeboat some money to replace things that they had lost when the Titanic slipped beneath the Atlantic, some people saw this as a bribe.

Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon died on 20th April 1931 Aged 69

Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon died in April 1935 Aged 71.

 



Godalming, Surrey

 

John George Phillips

 

Jack Phillips Memorial Cloister and Gardens 

 

 

 

 

 

Inscription Reads

This Cloister Is Built

In Memory Of

John George Phillips 

A Native Of This Town

Chief Wireless Telegraphist Of

The Ill Fated S.S..Titanic

He Died At His Post

When The Vessel Foundered

 In Mid-Atlantic

On The 15th Day Of April 1912

 

 

 

Inscription Reads

In Memory Of

John George Phillips

Aged 25 Years

 

Senior Wireless Operator

On R.M.S. Titanic

Sank April 15th 1912

John George Phillips, along with Harold Bride were the Marconi Wireless aboard the Titanic. Just before the Titanic struck the iceberg, John was about to take a well earned rest when Captain Smith arrived in the wireless room and told him to send out the distress call C.Q.D, later he would be the first person to send the new distress call S.O.S., both operators stayed at their posts just until the last possible moment. Both men jumped into the Atlantic and only Harold Bride survived, it was noted that when Bride was picked by the carpathia, he saw the body of Jack Phillips in the cold Atlantic water. Whether this is true I wouldn't like to say.

The town of Godalming are so proud of him, that there are many building and roads named after him, he is also remembered on the family grave in the Old Cemetery at Farncombe. His stone is in the shape of an iceberg.

 

 All Photos Taken And Owned By DDPearce Of Darrins Photography 



 

 

  I would like to thank is Brian Ticehurst whose books, Titanic Memorials World-wide, where they’re Located, and his other is called, Titanic Victims Discovered in the Old Cemetery-Common Cemetery.

My last thank you are to the many people who worked hard and discovered these graves, there’s too many to mention.