R.M.S. TITANIC VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS

IN CORNWALL

 

 

I couldn't believe how many connections Cornwall had the ship. I've been coming to this county for over thirty years for my holidays. Now I always take my Brian Ticehurst book just in case there's a grave or memorial near where we are visiting. To keep my wife and daughter happy during the hunt around many Cornish churchyards, I would pay  £1 for every grave discovered. It started at fifty pence, but they soon asked for money per grave found. Since my wife passed away my daughter still helps me out,  she's soon to turn twenty and I have to strike a bargain with her before we go grave hunting (she likes it really). So below are the graves and memorials I have found in the beautiful county of Cornwall.

 

 

Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives

(next door to the Tate Gallery)

 

William Carbines

 

 

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William Carbines

Grand-Son Of The Above And Beloved Son Of

Nicholas & Jane Carbines

Who Was Drowned On Board The S.S. Titanic

15th April 1912

Aged 19 Years

William Carbines, travelled as a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. His body was recovered by the Mackay-Bennett. His body was returned to St Ives for Burial on 30th May 1912 he was laid to rest with his grandparents. Over five hundred mourners turned out for his funeral, his was the first grave in Cornwall that found.

 

 Steven Curnow Jenkins 

 

 

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Steven Curnow

Son Of The Above

Who Lost His Life

In The Titanic Disaster

April 15th 1912

Aged 32 Years

 

Below is the location of the Jenkins grave, it not far from William Carbines

Steven Curnow Jenkin, travelled as a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he was wasn't supposed to travel on the Titanic to America, but due to the coal strike he was transferred to the doomed liner. He died in the disaster, if his body was recovered, it was never identified.

 

Helston Cemetery, Cornwall 

 

Frederick James Banfield

 

 

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Frederick James Banfield

Drowned In The Titanic Disaster

April 14th 1912 Aged 28 Years

Frederick James Banfield, Travelled as a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. If his body was recovered it was never identified.

 

St Neots Cemetery, St Neots, Cornwall

 

John Henry Chapman

Sarah Elizabeth Chapman

 

 

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In

Loving Memory Of

John Henry Chapman

Aged 35 Years

Also Of His Wife

Sarah Elizabeth Chapman

Aged 30 Years

Who Lost Their Lives Through The

Sinking Of The Disaster in 1912

Mr and Mrs Chapman, travelled as Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, both died in the disaster. James Henry Chapman's body was recovered by the Mackay- Bennett and was buried in the Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Nova Scotia.

Sarah Elizabeth Chapman's body, if recovered, it was never identified.

 

Paul Cemetery, Paul, Penzance

 

Emily Richards 

 

 

 

 

 

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Emily Richards

Died Nov 10th 1972 Aged 85 Years



The House Where Emily Richards, Penzance, Cornwall

Emily Richards, travelled as a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, she survived the disaster along with her two sons, Sibley George Richards and William Rowe Richards. Also on the Titanic was her mother, Elizabeth Hocking, her sister, Nellie Hocking her Aunt , Ellen Wilkes. Emily lived out the rest of her life in Cornwall, then on 10th November 1972 she passed away and was buried in Paul Cemetery near Penzance

 

Sibley George Richards

(son of the above)

 

 

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In Loving Memory Of

Sibley George Richards

Who Died 4th December 1987

Aged 76 Years

Sibley George Richards, Travelled Second Class with his mother and brother, at the time of the disaster he was only 10 months old. In 1914 he returned to west Cornwall with his parents and brother. He passed away on 4th December 1964, a month before his brother Willy, he was buried in Paul Cemetery along with his wife.

 

Longstone Cemetery, Carbis Bay, St Ives

 

William Rowe Richards

(brother of above)

 

Location Of His Grave 

 

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In

Loving Memory Of

(my Bill)

Beloved Husband Of Grace

William Rowe Richards

Died 9th Jan 1988 Aged 78 years

William (Willy) Rowe Richards, was only three years old at the time of the disaster. He continued to live in west Cornwall until he passed away on 9th Jan 1988. He was buried in the Longstone Cemetery, Carbis Bay, St Ives.

 

 Penzance 

 

Elizabeth Hocking

 

 

Elizabeth lived in this house in Penzance, Cornwall

 

Elizabeth Hocking, she travelled as a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, Elizabeth survived the disaster and then went on to live in Akron, until she was killed in car accident on on the second anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic. She was buried the Glendale Cemetery.

 

 

Ellen (Nellie) Hocking

(daughter of above)

 

Ellen Hocking, travelled as a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, she survived the disaster. She lived out the rest of life living in Schenectady, until she passed away on 14th October 1963.

 

 

Richard George Hocking

(brother of above)

 

Richard George Hocking, travelled as a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. If his body was recovered, it was never identified. Richard was born in the above house in Penzance

 

St Keverne Church and Churchyard, St Keverne

 

 Stephen Hold

Margaret Annie Hold

 

 

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In Loving Memory Of

Annie Margaret Bailey

Beloved Wife Of Northey Bailey

Died March 1st 1960

Aged 76

Late Of Four Winds, Rowland's Castle

Survivor Of SS Titanic

Stephen and Margaret hold, travelled as Second Class Passengers on the Titanic, Stephen died in the Disaster. If his body was recovered, it was never identified.

Margaret Hold, lived out the rest of her in St Keverne, where she married Joseph Northey Bailey. On the 1st March 1960, she passed away and was buried in the churchyard of St Keverne.

 

John Richard Jago Smith

 

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J.R. Jago Smith

Who Perished On Board

The "Titanic"

April 14th 1912

Aged 35 Years

 

Plaque Inside The Church 

 

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To The Glory Of God And In The Memory Of

John R Jago Smith

Of The Transatlantic Post Office

Who Died On Duty In The Foundering

Of The S.S. Titanic April 15th 1912

By This Tablet The Members Of

The Postal And Telegraph Services

Record Their Deep Sorrow At His Death



Location of Annie Hold & John R Jago Smith Graves

John R Jago Smith,was employed by the Post Office on the Titanic. He worked with colleague James B Williamson and three American Clerks, William L. Gwinn, John S. March and Oscar S. Woody

John R Jago Smith, died in the disaster along with his colleagues. If his body was recovered, it was never identified.

 

 

 

St Endellion Parish Church

 

Frank Couch

 

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Frank

Who Was Lost Drowned In The

Titanic 15th 1912

Aged 28 Years

Frank Couch, was a Able Bodied Seaman on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. His body was recovered by the Mackay- Bennett and he was given the number 253. On 6th May 1912 he was laid to rest in the Fairview Cemetery, Nova scotia,
I've been driving past this church for many years, little did I realise that there was a someone from the Titanic mentioned on a family headstone.



 

Breage Parish Church

 

William Gilbert 

 

 

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Also Of William

Their Beloved Son

Who Lost His Life In The

Wreck Of The Titanic

April 15th 1912

Aged 47

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

 

 

Above is a map of the located of William Gilbert's grave. On the left hand side there's another grave of interest. it belongs to Dora Millicent Richards who drowned in the sinking of the Lusitania.

 

Calstock Churchyard

 

Harry Gale

Shadrach Gale

(brothers)

 

 

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Harry

Aged 38 Years

And

Shadrach

Aged 34 Years

Who Lost Their Lives in

 The Titanic Disaster

April 14th 1912

Harry and Shadrach gale, both travelled as Second Class Passengers on the Titanic, both Died in the disaster. If their bodies were recovered, they were never identified.

 

Landrake Cemetery

 

Richard James Slemen

 

 

 

 

 

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Richard James Son Of W & A.L. Slemen

Was Lost On The Titanic April 14th 1912 Aged 35 Years

Richard James Slemen, travelled as a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. If his body was recovered, it was never identified.

 

Richard Slemen's Grave is in the corner by the gate

 

Constantine Churchyard

 

James Veal

 

 

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James Veal

Born November 20 1871

Drowned By The Sinking Of

The Steamship Titanic

In

Latitude 41-46 N

Longitude 50-14 W

April 15th 1912

James Veal, travelled as a Second Class Passenger on the Titanic, he died in the disaster. If his body was recovered, it was never identified.

 

Truro Cathedral 

 

Edwy Arthur West

Ada Mary West

Constance Miriam West

Barbara Joyce West 

 

 Plaque found on the North Wall Of the Cathedral

Edwy Arthur West and his family, travelled as Second Class Passengers, he died in the disaster. If his body was recovered, it was never identified.

Ada Mary West, lived out the remainder of her life in Truro, she passed away five day after the forty first anniversary of her husband death. 20th April 1953 aged 74

Constance Miriam west, remained in Cornwall for the rest of her life, she passed away in 1963 in the Cornish town of Penzance.

Barbara Joyce West, she became a teacher which meant she lived at a few locations after the disaster, she also refused to talk about the Titanic. On 16th October 2007 Aged 96, she sadly passed away and she was one of the last surviving passengers from the Titanic. 

 

 All Photos Taken And Owned By DPPearce of Darrin's Photography

 

 

I would like to thank Brian Ticehurst who book pointed me in the right direction in finding the graves

Also thank to the members of the public who discovered them.