Memorial tablet in Dalbeattie Town Hall, commemorating Lieutenant William McMaster Murdoch RNR d. 1912 in the loss of ‘Titanic’
Location
Town hall, Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Transcript
'THIS TABLET / IS ERECTED / TO COMMEMORATE THE HEROISM / DISPLAYED BY / LIEUT. WILLIAM McMASTER / MURDOCH R.N.R. / A NATIVE OF DALBEATTIE, / WHEN ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE, / THE / 'R.M.S. TITANIC' / OF WHICH HE WAS THE FIRST / OFFICER / COLLIDED WITH AN ICEBERG AND / SANK, / AND 825 OF HER PASSENGERS, / AND 688 OF HER CREW, / INCLUDING LIEUTENANT / MURDOCH, PERISHED. / 14TH AND 15TH APRIL 1912 / A MEMORIAL PRIZE IS ALSO TO BE / RE-COMPETED FOR ANNUALLY IN / DALBEATTIE PUBLIC SCHOOL / WHERE LIEUTENANT MURDOCH / WAS EDUCATED'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Exterior
Materials: Granite
Date Erected: 1912
Vessel: Titanic
Position: Exterior
Materials: Granite
Date Erected: 1912
Vessel: Titanic
People
Murdoch, Willam McMaster
Age: 39
Date of Death: 12/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve
Age: 39
Date of Death: 12/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve