MEMORY OF THE "TITANIC."

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 97, 30 May 1914, Page 3

MEMORY OF THE "TITANIC."

HONOURING THE WIRELESS HERO. j The catastrophe tp_the '.'biggest ship in the world" so shocked the'imagination that it does not seem two years ago that we saw the incredible'placards ''Titanic-Sunk in Mid-ocean." She foundered two years ago, says an English exchange,' arid the sad'anniyersarywas marked at Godalmirig (England) by the opening, of a ; fine memorial to Jack Phillips,.the senior wireless operator-of the: liner, who continued to send his signals for aid nearly 15 minutes after Captain Smith had told the crew they had done all they could" and must now look after themselves. It will be remembered that Bride, the assistant operator, told how Phillips continued at his instruments when the water was flooding the cabin. Bride then strapped a lifebelt on his senior. Design of the Memorial.

The memorial, the design of which is the joint work.of Mr Thackeray Turner and Miss Gertrude Jeky'll, stands by the River Wey, between the old parish church and Frith Hill. It is a quadrangle, enclosing a cloistered retreat, built in bluish yellow brickwork, timber beams, and red tiles, and its style is that of old Surrey farm buildings. In the centre is an octagonal lily pond. On three sides are the cloisters, stout oak pillars supporting a roof of rich red. The south wall had seven Norman arches, foxir of them opening on the hills and. the .lammas meadows, the others filled in; the centre one bears the inscription, which reads:— * ' S.O.S. This cloistre was built in honour of JOHN GEORGE PHILLIPS, . a native of this town, Chief Wireless Telegraphist of the ill-fated Titanic, who died at his post when the vessel foundered in midAtlantic on the Fifteenth Day of April, 1912. The memorial was unveiled by Mr St. Loe Strachey (editor of the "Spec* tator") in the presence of the Mayo;r and officials and a la.rgV attendance of the public. v thV hero of the Titanic;wiTelessroom; were .present.