Can you help trace Lost Voices from the ?

Following Dr Nick Barratt's talk on his book Lost Voices from the Titanic: The Definitive Oral History, at Surrey History on Sat 21 April, we were astonished to discover that among the audience were three relatives of crew aboard Titanic.

Claire Bishop, Sue Harvey and Rosemary Morley had more than just a passing interest in the story of the ship, each had a relative whose lives were irrevocably affected by the events of that fateful night.

If you have any information regarding the three crew members and can help further please contact Claire, Rosemary or Sue below.

Claire Bishop's great-great uncle, Alfred Frank Evans, aged 24, was one of the lookouts aboard Titanic. Alfred came from Southampton and transferred from the Oceanic. He had been on duty until 8pm that night and was in bed when the iceberg struck. He survived on lifeboat 15 with 42 other passengers and crew and eventually was picked up by the Carpathia. Like many survivors, Alfred never spoke of the disaster; he died in 1974. Email: [email protected]

Rosemary Morley's grandmother's cousin was Eustace Snow, a 21 year old from Southampton who survived clinging to upturned collapsible B. Eustace was employed as a trimmer (engine crew) aboard the ship and had previously worked aboard the Olympic. Eustace's deposition is now in private hands and mystery surrounds the reason why many of the depositions of other survivors never went to the Public Record Office following the Inquiry. Alarmingly, a staggering 138 survivors were never called to give evidence. Eustace also chose never to speak of the disaster and family memory recalls that he would shut himself in his room on the anniversary of the sinking. Eustace died in 1966. Email: [email protected]

Sue Harvey's great-uncle, Charles Edwin Smith, who was employed as a 2nd Class bedroom steward aboard the ship was not so lucky. Charles, who had previously served aboard the Olympic was from Southampton, aged 38 and married with four children; he did not survive the disaster. Charles' body was picked up, about a month after the sinking, by the Canadian steamship Montmagny, one of four ships chartered by the White Star Line to search for bodies in the aftermath of the sinking. Charles is buried in Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, . Email: [email protected]

Useful links Further details of those aboard Titanic can be found at the following links: http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org The official online Titanic encyclopaedia) http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/ The Nova Scotia Government Archives online Titanic resource http://www.nmni.com/titanic National Museums of Northern Ireland online resource http://www.rmstitanic.net/ The official salvor-in-possession of the Titanic website http://www.titanic.com/ Worldwide online discussion forum http://www.titanic-titanic.com A lively forum for the exchange of information and discussion relating to Titanic The mystery of the missing depositions can be found in Senan Maloney's article 'A Holy Grail - The Missing Depositions' at http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/holy-grail-depositions.html