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Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller, DSC & Bar, RD, RNR (30 March 1874 – 8 December 1952) was a British mariner and naval officer who was the second officer on board the RMS Titanic.
The Incredible Story of Charles Lightoller: the “Titanic” Officer who Saved Soldiers from the Shores of Dunkirk. Alexander Meddings - February 1, 2018. For most of us, spending the night precariously perched atop an upturned lifeboat in the freezing waters of the North Atlantic would be enough to put us off the sea forever.
Born in Lancashire in 1874, Lightoller had already experienced a lifetime’s worth of events by the time he took the position of Second Officer on board the Titanic in 1912. Not wanting to end up in a factory job, at age 13 Lightoller took a four-year seafaring apprenticeship instead.
Charles Herbert Lightoller had an eventful seafaring career both before and after the Titanic and served with distinction in two world wars...
24 years after the sinking of the Titanic, Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller recounted his experiences for a 1936 BBC broadcast, allowing us to hear him describe his experience in his own words. The following is the complete audio and a transcript of the broadcast.
Jun 22, 2005 · Charles Herbert Lightoller was born on March 30, 1874, to Frederick James Lightoller and Sarah Jane Widdows Lightoller in Chorley, Lancashire. He was the youngest of five children, and the second son.
Mar 30, 2020 · Charles Herbert Lightoller led a titanic life. Born on 30 March 1874 in in Chorley, Lancashire, England, Lightoller was second officer on Titanic and the most senior officer to survive the sinking. He was a hero in both the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy.
Apr 29, 2007 · On the 15th of April nineteen hundred and twelve the Titanic struck an iceberg and in a couple of hours a great liner had sunk on her maiden voyage at a cost in human life of fifteen hundred souls.
An interview with Titanic survivor Charles Herbert Lightoller from November 1, 1936.
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