titanic engineer memorial

Muistomerkki on pystytetty matkustajalaiva RMS Titanicin onnettomuudessa vuonna 1912 hukkuneiden insinöörien muistoksi.

The site is dedicated to the Cumbrian Joseph Bell & his fellow engineers who were undoubtedly national heroes in the saving of so many lives on R.M.S. None survived the sinking. THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS ST. JOHN 15TH CH. There stands in East Park, Southampton, a magnificent granite memorial, pictured here on the left, dedicated to the heroic engineering staff, which was unveiled on April 22nd, 1914, in front of a crowd of nearly 100,000 people, a real indication of the loss … One of Titanic’s memorabilia in Southampton … Southampton is full of memoirs connected with Titanic. Wallace Hartley, the bandleader aboard Titanic, was buried in his home town Colne in Lancashire under a fine headstone engraved with the opening bars of the hymn Nearer, My God, to Thee. Close-up of the dedication. The events of two years ago will have been in the thoughts of those present. Memorial to the engineers who died in Titanic April 15, 1912.

Memorial of Titanic engineers is one of them as most of the crew was from the city and the tragedy of the ship was a shock and a tragedy for the whole Southampton, in 1912. Please see the New Book Announcement page on the site for details of our recent illustrated biography, ‘Tarn to Titanic: Life & Times of Joseph Bell Chief Engineer’ that was published on the 2nd of September 2013.

Close-up of the names of those who perished. The townspeople also erected a monument to him on Albert Road. 13TH V TO THE MEMORY OF THE ENGINEER OFFICERS OF THE R.M.S "TITANIC" WHO SHOWED THEIR HIGH CONCEPTION OF DUTY AND THEIR HEROISM BY REMAINING AT THEIR POSTS 15TH APRIL 1912. Memorial to the engineers who died in Titanic April 15, 1912. Titanic Engineers’ Memorial (suom. It was originally intended to be a commemorative drinking fountain until the memorial committee realised that might be inappropriate given that Hartley had drowned. Titanicin konemiesten muistomerkki) on muistomerkki Southamptonin East Parkissa Britanniassa. Titanic on the 15th of April 1912. It was therefore decided to erect a bronze bust of Hartley mounted on a plinth. Joseph Bell was the Chief Engineer Officer on the RMS Titanic.

On Wednesday, 22 April 1914 some 100,000 onlookers gathered in Southampton's East Park for the unveiling of a memorial dedicated to the memory of the Engineers of the Titanic, all of whom had died in the sinking in 1912.

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS.

Below the … None of the engineers who were on Titanic survived… ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW ENGINEERS AND FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD His staff consisted of 24 engineers, 6 electrical engineers, two boilermakers, a plumber and a clerk.