Memorial: M1922

Memorial in Colne cemetery, Lancashire commemorating Wallace Henry Hartley, d. 1912, bandmaster on ‘Titanic’

Location

Public cemetery, Colne, Lancashire, England

Transcript

'In / Loving Memory / OF / WALLACE HENRY. / THE BELOVED SON OF / ALBION AND ELIZABETH / HARTLEY, / FORMERLY OF COLNE, / WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE / S.S. TITANIC DISASTER / ON APRIL 15TH 1912 / AGED 33 YEARS, / AND WAS INTERRED / ON MAY 18TH 1912' on open hymn book on base 'NEARER MY / GOD TO THEE / NEARER TO / THEE'

Details

Description: A draped broken column on an inscribed plinth. Hartley's violin in relief at the base.
Type: Monument
Vessel: RMS Titanic

People

Hartley, Wallace Henry
Age: 33
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Bandsman
Organisation: White Star Line

Extra

Notes: The tune of 'Nearer my God' in the Methodist version.
Bibliography: John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas 'Titanic, a journey through time'(Yeovil, 1999).
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters