Titanic Memorials: Captain Smith, Lichfield
Titanic's Master, Captain
Edward John Smith, RD, RNR, was born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, but
his memorial was erected in Beacon Park, Lichfield.
The memorial is a life-sized statue to remember his heroics by, pictured here on the right. It was designed by Kathleen Scott, and unveiled by Captain Edward John Smith's daughter, Helen Melville Smith, see left, in a ceremony on 29th July, 1914, just six days before the outbreak of war between England and Germany.
It is made of bronze, stands 7' 8" high, sits on a 7' high plinth of Cornish Granite, and cost £740 to construct.
It bears the inscription shown here in the box on the left, and in 1985, it had the words "Captain Smith was Captain of the Titanic" added.
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COMMANDER EDWARD JOHN SMITH, RD, RNR. BORN JANUARY 27 1850 DIED APRIL 15 1912 BEQUEATHING TO HIS COUNTRYMEN THE MEMORY AND EXAMPLE OF A GREAT HEART A BRAVE LIFE AND A HEROIC DEATH "BE BRITISH" |
