Biografía
Charles Herbert Lightoller
- Nacimiento
- Fallecimiento8 de diciembre de 1952 · Twickenham, Middlesex, Inglaterra, Reino Unido (un insuficiencia cardíaca)
- Apodos
- Lights
- Lucky
- Altura1,78 m
- Charles Herbert Lightoller nació el 30 de marzo de 1874 en Lancashire, Inglaterra. Estuvo casado con Sylvia Hawley-Wilson. Murió el 8 de diciembre de 1952 en Middlesex, Inglaterra.
- CónyugeSylvia Hawley-Wilson(15 de diciembre de 1903 - 8 de diciembre de 1952) (su muerte, 5 niños)
- His enthusiastic Lanky accent with a touch of Mid - Atlantic , when recalling his life experiences (1936 interview on BBC Radio)
- His youngest son, Brian, was killed in action on the the very first night of World War II. His oldest son Roger was later killed in the final months of the war.
- Served as Second Officer on the Titanic.
- His command, the destroyer HMS Falcon sank six years to the day that the Titanic sank.
- Was originally assigned to the Titanic as First Officer, however Captain Smith decided at the last minute to bring over his chief officer from his last command, which meant Chief Officer Murdoch was reduced to First, and Lightoller in turn was reduced from First to Second.
- Had a tattoo on his left arm. He is only one of two Titanic officers to have a tattoo (the other being Harold Lowe).
- [on murdering German prisoners of war] In fact it was simply amazing that they should have had the infernal audacity to offer to surrender, in view of their ferocious and pitiless attacks on our merchant ships. Destroyer versus Destroyer, as in the Dover Patrol, was fair game and no favor. One could meet them and take them on as a decent antagonist. But towards the submarine men, one felt an utter disgust and loathing; they were nothing but an abomination, polluting the clean sea.
- It is utterly untrue. The ship did not and could not have broken in two.
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