Memorial: M2631

Wall plaque at the Head Post Office, High Street, Southampton commemorating Post Office and Telegraph Service workers lost in RMS ‘Titanic’ 1912

Location

Head Post Office, High Street, Southampton, England

Transcript

'THIS TABLET / IS ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF / THE POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE / TO THE HONOUR AND MEMORY OF / JOHN R. JAGO SMITH, JAMES B. WILLIAMSON / BRITISH SEA POST OFFICERS / AND THEIR AMERICAN COLLEAGUES / WILLIAM H.L .GWINN, JOHN S. MARCH, / OSCAR S. WOODY, / WHO DIED ON DUTY IN THE FOUNDERING / OF THE S.S. TITANIC APRIL 15 1912 / "STEADFAST IN PERIL"'

Details

Description: Crossed flags above the inscription.
Type: Wall plaque
Materials: Bronze
Vessel: RMS Titanic

People

Gwinn, William H. L.
Age:
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Post Officer
Organisation:
March, John S.
Age:
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Post Officer
Organisation:
Smith, John R. Jago
Age:
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Post Officer
Organisation:
Williamson, James B.
Age:
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Post Officer
Organisation:
Woody, Oscar S.
Age:
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Post Officer
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Brian Ticehurst 'The Titanic, Southamptons Memorials' (Poole, 1987) (illustration).
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