Memorial: M4943

Memorial fountain at Holy Rood Church, Southampton commemorating crew members who died in RMS ‘Titanic’ lost 1912

Location

Holy Rood Church, Southampton, England

Transcript

'THIS MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN / WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE CREW / (STEWARDS, SAILORS AND FIREMEN) / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE S.S. TITANIC DISASTER / APRIL 15TH 1912 / IT WAS SUBSCRIBED FOR BY THE WIDOWS, MOTHERS AND FRIENDS OF THE CREW / ALDERMAN HENRY BOWYER MAYOR 1912-1913'

Details

Description: An urn contained within a canopy standing on a moulded base, surmounted by a cupola with a dome. With a relief of the ship.
Type: Tablet
Materials: Portland stone
Date Erected: 1915
Artists: Garret & Haysome
Vessel: RMS Titanic

Extra

Notes: Church bombed in 2nd World War, the ruins now a memorial to the merchant service. Firemen and crew memorial originally sited on Southampton Common. Erected by public subscription in 1915. Moved to present site in 1972. Restored by 2012.
Bibliography: Brian Ticehurst 'The Titanic, Southamptons Memorials' (Poole, 1987) (illustration); Robert Douch 'Monuments and Memorials in Southampton' (Southampton, 1968).
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters