Charles Herbert Lightoller blue plaque

Chorley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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 i

n 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.

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