Gateway Hampshire Comments On Southampton Paying Tribute To Titanic Victims

April 13, 2012 - PRLog -- A managing director of Gateway Hampshire stated “I can’t believe it’s been 100 years already since the beautiful Titanic set sail from these ports, it’s wonderful to see the families and relatives paying their tributes and respects for their lost ones”

Descendants of some of those who died on the Titanic have thrown wreaths from the Southampton dock where it departed on its maiden voyage 100 years ago. A minute's silence was observed in the city, which had been home to more than 500 of the crew who died. Hundreds of children paraded through the streets, each holding pictures of the ship's crew. The parade finished at the new SeaCity Museum, which was formally opened by Olympian James Cracknell. Gateway Hampshire a sales company said “It’s great to see the town’s involvement and even the kids for keeping the memories alive by doing this parade”

Vanessa Beecham, from Southampton, paid tribute to her great uncle Edward Biggs, a fireman who died aged 21."I enjoyed the ceremony, which was tasteful and moving," she said. A procession of children marched through Southampton holding pictures of Titanic's crew "It was a worry during the anniversary that the families would be forgotten... but this was lovely." A managing director at Gateway Hampshire also said “I agree with Vanessa Beecham that it was a lovely ceremony, we wish to send our greatest gratitude’s to the families and relatives of the ones that were lost on the titanic voyage”

The service ended with the hymn Nearer My God To Thee, which was said to have been played by the ship's musicians as Titanic sank. Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage from the city's White Star Docks on 10 April, 1912 and sank five days later after hitting an iceberg. A director at Gateway Hampshire said “This was such a lovely way to end the day’s parades and remberence ceremony. We would like to state again that from the bottom of our hearts we send our condolences to the descendants and family that had loved ones lost on the Titanic.”

According to Southampton City Council, of the 897 RMS Titanic crew members, 714 were from Southampton. In total, 685 crew members lost their lives, with 538 registered to a Southampton addresses. The city has more memorials to the disaster than anywhere else in the world.

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