Service of Remembrance to Philip Curry and Staff
of the White Star Line Office, Canute Road,
Southampton
1:30pm
Order of Service
Acknowledgement to Carole Huntly for photograph of St Nicolas Church
Fr Stephen Holmes and Wayne Irish
Carole, Maria and Lucy
Fr Stephen Holmes
The Mayoress
John Creamer
Genevieve Bailey
The Mayors lay the wreath
After the Mayors have laid the wreath Acknowledgement to Will Temple for photograph
Fr Stephen Holmes with Fireman Dave Fredericks
REPORT: "The Mayor of Eastleigh Councillor Mrs Pamela Holden-Brown and the Mayor of Southampton Councillor Mrs Elizabeth Mizon attended the White Star commemorative service in memory of Philip Curry who had served as the Southampton Manager based at Canute House. Mr Curry was in post when the Titanic sank in April 1912. The service held at St Nicholas Church, North Stoneham was followed by a wreath laying ceremony at the grave, the White Star flag from the Majestic covered the grave which volunteers had tidied up for the ceremony.
Acknowledgement to Carole Huntly for photograph of grave
Speakers at the service were the Mayor of Eastleigh, Wayne Irish, Genevieve Bailey and John Creamer.
John Avery [images courtesy Will Temple]"
Acknowledgement to Will Temple for photograph
Acknowledgement to Will Temple for photograph
After the Service we went by car to the Banister House Hotel, site of the Marconi Offices, for tea and biscuits.
7pm
Civic Reception
Invitation
Acknowledgements to Carole Huntly for these 4 photographs
“The Titanic Newsreels: Fact or Fiction”
Venue: The Lecture Theatre, Southampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Southampton SO14 7LP
David Lee, from the Wessex Film and Sound Archive, examined the newsreel film released after the Titanic disaster in 1912 to see which was a true record and which was faked. The presentation was followed by a Q&A session.
IN MEMORIUM
We returned to the hotel and over a nightcap and coffee, remembered two absent friends, Millvina Dean and Sid Sedunary who passed on last year
