category: MARITIME

Life stories are listed in order of date of birth.

Kennedy, John. Born 1821. (5 pages). Naval officer during the Crimean War.
Gillie, John. Born 1829. (41 pages). Sea captain in the days of sail.
Holt, Alfred. Born 1829. (13 pages). Steamship pioneer.
Ismay, Thomas. Born 1837. (10 pages). Victorian shipping magnate.
Day, Horace. Born 1898. (15 pages). Naval officer and company secretary.
Goldsworthy, Charles. Born 1900. (10 pages). Survivor of HMS Otranto shipwreck.
Reid, Philip Henry Stewart. Born 1901. (42 pages). Naval officer & prisoner of war.
Davies, Humphrey. Born 1904. (45 pages). RNVR officer in World War II.

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