A boilermaker on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website.
He is also commemorated on a memorial at Craigton Cemetery, Berryknowes Road, Glasgow, and on another at Toxteth Park Cemetery, 215 Smithdown Road, Liverpool L15 2HF.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
George Alexander Chisnall
The memorial was originally displayed in the foyer of the Institute of Marine...
Bethnal Green Borough Engineer in 1909. From The Building News and Engineering Journal, July to December 1918: "Mr. E. E. Finch, the engineer of the City of London, has, with the consent of the co...
Deck Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar Street, Sou...
Companion of the Star of India, a wealthy Parsi gentleman of Bombay. His grandfather and two great-uncles had made their names, literally, in the opium trade with China (facilitated by the British)...
Person, Engineering, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, India
The conversion to automatic operation of all the lighthouses and light vessels. The last one to be done (perfectly timed to occur on Trafalgar Day) was North Foreland Light in Kent. For the 400 yea...
Born Kelso. Structural engineer. Worked in shipbuilding and boiler design. Died at a relative's house at Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey.
The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS; popularly and officially known as the Wrens) was the women's branch of the Royal Navy. First formed in 1917 for WW1, it was disbanded in 1919, then revived in...
200 volunteer ambulance drivers and personnel served, 1939 - 1945. The picture shows a book (available at Amazon) "At the core of the narrative lies the memories of Station Officer May Greenup who...
A charity dedicated to the conservation, improvement and enjoyment of Greenwich Park.
One of the oldest building preservation trusts in the United Kingdom. It was founded by members of the newly-formed Blackheath Society as an independent and separate property company. Its original ...
Fourteen niches on the West Front remained empty since the Abbey was built until 1998 when they were filled. The lower four are filled wi...
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