Vessel Loss

Memorial: M4924

Memorial in Donegall Square East, Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland commemorating 22 crew and staff members from who died when the RMS ‘Titanic’ sank on 15th April 1912

Location

Donegall Square East, Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Transcript

‘“TITANIC" MEMORIAL / ERECTED TO THE IMPERISHABLE MEMORY / OF THOSE GALLANT BELFAST MEN WHOSE / NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED AND WHO / LOST THEIR LIVES ON THE 15TH APRIL 1912, / BY THE FOUNDERING OF THE BELFAST BUILT / R. M. S. TITANIC THROUGH COLLISION WITH / AN ICEBERG ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE / FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO NEW YORK.' [left face of plinth] 'THOMAS ANDREWS JNR, / WILLIAM HENRY MARCH PARR, / RODERICK CHISHOLM, / ANTHONY WOOD FROST, / ROBERT KNIGHT, / WILLIAM CAMPBELL, / ENNIS HASTINGS WATSON, / FRANCIS PARKES, / ALFRED FLEMMING CUNNINGHAM, / HERBERT GUILFORD HARVEY, / ALBERT GEORGE ERVINE.' [right face of plinth] 'DR JOHN EDWARD SIMPSON, / WILLIAM MCREYNOLDS, / HENRY PHILIP CREESE, / THOMAS MILLAR, / HUGH FITZPATRICK, / JOSEPH BEATTIE, / MATTHEW LEONARD, / ARCHIBALD SCOTT, / HUGH CALDTRWOOD, / RICHARD TURLEY, / WILLIAM MCQUILLAN.' [back of plinth] 'THEIR DEVOTION TO DUTY AND HEROIC / CONDUCT, THROUGH WHICH THE LIVES / OF MANY OF THOSE ON BOARD WERE / SAVED, HAVE LEFT A RECORD OF CALM / FORTITUDE AND SELF SACRIFICE WHICH / WILL EVER REMAIN AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE / TO SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS. / 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.'

Details

Description: A standing female figure holds a wreath over the head of a semi-submerged drowned sailor supported by two female figures.

Type: Memorial
Materials: Carrara marble, stone, granite
Date Erected: 26/6/1920
Artists: Sir Thomas Brock RA
Vessel: RMS Titanic

People

Andrews, Thomas
Age: 39
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Naval Architect/Managing Director
Organisation: Harland & Wolff
Beatie, Joseph John
Age: 40
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Greaser
Organisation: White Star Line
Calderwood, Hugh
Age: 33
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Trimmer
Organisation: White Star Line
Campbell, William
Age: 20
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter/Joiner/Passenger
Organisation: Harland & Wolff
Chisholm, Roderick
Age: 43
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Draughtsman/Passenger
Organisation: Harland & Wolff
Creese, Henry Philip
Age: 45
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Deck Engineer
Organisation: White Star Line
Cunningham, Alfred Fleming
Age: 21
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fitter
Organisation: Harland & Wolff
Ervine, Albert George
Age: 18
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Electrician
Organisation: White Star Line
Fitzpatrick, Hugh Joseph
Age: 29
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Junior Boilermaker
Organisation: White Star Line
Harvey, Herbert Gifford
Age: 34
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Second Engineer
Organisation: White Star Line
Knight, Robert
Age: 42
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fitter/Passenger
Organisation: Harland & Wolff
Leonard, Matthew
Age: 25
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Steward
Organisation: White Star Line
McQuillan, William
Age: 26
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation: White Star Line
McReynolds, William
Age: 22
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Junior Sixth Assistant Engineer
Organisation: White Star Line
Millar, Thomas
Age: 32
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Deck Engineer
Organisation: White Star Line
Parkes, Francis
Age: 21
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Plumber/Passenger
Organisation: Harland & Wolff
Parr, William Henry March
Age: 29
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Electrician/Passenger
Organisation: Harland & Wolf
Scott, Archibald
Age: 42
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation: White Star Line
Simpson, Dr John Edward
Age: 37
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon
Organisation: White Star Line
Turley, Richard
Age: 37
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation: White Star Line
Watson, Ennis Hastings
Age: 18
Date of Death: 25/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice Electrician/Passenger
Organisation: Harland & Wolff

Extra

Notes: The memorial was funded by public contributions, together with those of the shipyard workers and victims’ families. It was originally placed in the middle of Donegall Square North Road and moved to present location in 1959. Two small bronze water fountains were replaced in 1994. A memorial garden, marking the centenary of the Titanic sinking, was opened on 15th April 2012 and includes five bronze plaques with the names of all 1,512 passengers and crew members who died.


Bibliography: David Saunders 'Britain's Maritime Memorials and Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996); John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas 'Titanic: a journey through time' (Yeovil, 1999).
Photographer: Pippa Lacey
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