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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.
Mr Charles Herbert Lightoller was born in Chorley, Lancashire, on 30 March 1874. In February 1888, at the age of 13, he began a four-year sea-going apprenticeship, making his first trip aboard the Primrose Hill, a steel-hulled, four-masted barque of 2,500 tons. His next voyage was on the Holt Hill.
- Male
- English
- Netley Abbey, Hampshire, England
- 2nd. Officer
And one man who proved more able than most was Charles Herbert Lightoller (1874 – 1952). Serving as the second officer aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic , the 38-year-old was already a seasoned veteran by the time of the disaster , just short of midnight on April 14, 1912.
Jun 22, 2005 · A classic shipboard romance ensued, and the two were married December 15, 1903 at Christ Church in Sydney. For the next nine years, Herbert Lightoller served on the most prestigious ships of the White Star Line - the Majestic, the Cedric, the Celtic and his great favorite, the Oceanic.
Lightoller soon found himself in charge of lowering the lifeboats on the port side of the ship. Strictly interpreting Captain Smith’s order for the evacuation of women and children, Lightoller allowed just one man to board a port side lifeboat during the entire evacuation.
Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller was the Second Officer on board the RMS Titanic, and the most senior officer to survive the disaster. Lightoller was decorated for gallantry as a naval officer in World War I and later, in retirement, further distinguished himself in World War II by providing...
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Charles Herbert Lightoller, DSC & Bar, RD (30 March 1874 – 8 December 1952) was the second officer on board the RMS Titanic and a decorated Royal Navy officer. He was the most senior member of the crew to survive the Titanic disaster.
