Charles Herbert Lightoller DSC&Bar RD RNR
(1874-1952)

Commander, Distinguished Service Cross & Bar recipient, Decoration for Officers of the Royal Navy Reserve recipient, and member of the Royal Navy Reserve

Died aged 78

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

This school stands on the site of Yarrow House, boyhood home of Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller DSC RD RNR (1874-1952) Second Officer on board RMS Titanic and the most senior officer to survive the disaster of 14th April 1912. He was decorated for gallantry in 1916 and was awarded a bar to it in 1918 after sinking a U-boat. In 1940 he helped in the evacuation of Dunkirk using his motor yacht Sundowner, now preserved at the Maritime Museum, Ramsgate.

Albany High School, Chorley, United Kingdom where they lived

Sundowner. This ‘Little Ship’ was owned by Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller DSC*, RD, RNR (1874-1952), second officer and most senior surviving crew member of RMS Titanic, survivor of two sinking ships and two world wars. He captained Sundowner across the English Channel, leading a fleet of ‘Little Ships’ to aid in the evacuation of Dunkirk, rescuing 130 people in one trip on 1st June 1940.

Little Ships Restaurant, 54-56 Harbour Parade, Ramsgate, United Kingdom where they sailed from the port near