Memorial at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada commemorating Ernest Freeman, d. 1912 in the loss of ‘Titanic’
Location
Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
'FREEMAN’ // 'IN MEMORIAM / ERNEST EDWARD SAMUEL / FREEMAN, / LAST SURVIVING SON OF / CAPT S. W. KEARNEY FREEMAN, R.N. / HUSBAND OF / LAURA MARY JANE FREEMAN / LOST IN THE ‘TITANIC' DISASTER / APRIL 15, 1912. / HE REMAINED AT HIS POST OF DUTY / SEEKING TO SAVE OTHERS / REGARDLESS OF HIS OWN LIFE / AND WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP / 239 // ERECTED BY / MR J. BRUCE ISMAY, / TO COMMEMORATE A LONG AND FAITHFUL SERVICE'
Details
Type: Gravestone
Position: 239
Vessel: RMS Titanic
Position: 239
Vessel: RMS Titanic
People
Freeman, Ernest Edward Samuel
Age: 45
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chief deck steward (1st Class)
Organisation: White Star Line
Age: 45
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chief deck steward (1st Class)
Organisation: White Star Line
Extra
Notes: A ledger in Walton Park Cemetery, Rice Lane, Walton, Liverpool, commemorates Freeman:
‘Also Ernest Edward Freeman lost in the Titanic disaster April 15th 1912, aged 50 years.’
Bibliography: Arnold and Betty Watson 'Roster of Valor: The Titanic-Halifax Legacy' (Riverside, 1984) (photograph).
‘Also Ernest Edward Freeman lost in the Titanic disaster April 15th 1912, aged 50 years.’
Bibliography: Arnold and Betty Watson 'Roster of Valor: The Titanic-Halifax Legacy' (Riverside, 1984) (photograph).