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1848 |
20 April |
Father George Edward Lowe, born in Chester |
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1856 |
24 March |
Mother Emma Harriet Quick born |
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1878 |
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Older brother George Ernest Lowe born |
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1879 |
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Older sister Ada Florence born |
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1882 |
21 November |
Harold Godfrey Lowe born in Eglwys Rhos, Conwy, Wales |
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c. 1883/84 |
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Younger sister Annie May born |
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1884 |
20 September |
Younger brother Edgar Reginald born |
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1885 |
16 April |
Ellen (Nellie) Marion Whitehouse born |
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1895 |
27 December |
Friday: Harold's eldest brother, 17-year-old George drowned in a boating accident |
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1896 |
14 September |
Harold took his father's punt out on the Aberamffra Bay during bad weather and capsized. Harold managed to swim ashore. |
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c.1897 |
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Aged 15, Lowe ran away from his home in Barmouth |
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c.1898 |
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Starts working aboard a schooner on the Welsh coast. |
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c. 1900 |
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Works on the Merrion Lass, ordinary seaman |
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1900 |
28/05 - 30/10 |
William Keith, ordinary seaman, Ireland/Wales |
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1901 |
22/01 - 18/06 |
British Queen, OS |
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21/06 - 04/04/1902 |
Cortez, AB, Iquique |
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1902 |
20/05 - 28/01/1903 |
Balasore, OS |
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1903 |
11/03- 27/05/1904 |
Ormsary - Australia |
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1904 |
27/05 - 06/08 |
On Drill Royal Navy Reserve |
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06/08 - 21/11 |
SS Prometheus (Alfred Holt line) |
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10 November |
Collision involving SS Prometheus (Alfred Holt line) in Amsterdam, with the Pectan. |
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1905 |
01/03 |
Board of Trade Inquiry witness, for collision involving SS Prometheus (Alfred Holt line) |
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05/03 - 12/10 |
SS Telemachus (Alfred Holt line), AB, to Seattle via Japan |
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1906 |
29th of January |
23-year old Lowe sat the examination for his Second Mate certificate in Liverpool and failed ("rules of the road") |
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17/02 - 06/05 |
SS Justin (J.R.Ellerman line) |
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29/05 - 23/07 |
SS Fabian (J.R.Ellerman line), Mediterranean ports |
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20/08 |
Passed Second Mates certificate |
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03/10 - 03/12 |
SS Ardeola, (Yeoward Brothers), Third officer, Canary Islands |
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19/12 - 15/03/1907 |
SS Chama, 4th Officer, (Elder Dempster), West Africa |
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1907 |
03/03 - 15/04/1908 |
SS Bonny, Third Officer, (Elder Dempster), West Africa, 4 voyages |
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1908 |
20/07 |
Sits for First Mate's Certificate - Fails |
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27/07 |
Sits for First Mate's Certificate - Passes |
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09/09 |
SS Madeira, Second Officer, (Elder Dempster), West Africa |
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17/12 |
SS Oron, (Elder Dempster), West Africa |
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1909 |
21st March |
Lowe's mother Harriet had a stroke, fell into a coma and died |
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1/06 - 14/08/1910 |
SS Addah, (Elder Dempster), West Africa |
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1910 |
26/10 |
Sits for Master's Certificate - fails |
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7/11 |
Sits for Master's Certificate - passes |
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10/12 - 18/03/1911 |
SS Zaria (Elder Dempster), West Africa |
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1911 |
8th April |
Joins the White Star Line |
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22/04 - 19/09, |
SS Tropic, Third Officer, White Star Line, Australia |
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22/09 - 21/02/1912 |
SS Belgic, Third Officer, White Star Line, Australia |
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1912 |
24/03 |
Assigned to RMS Titanic, Fifth Officer, White Star Line, New York |
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26 March |
Lowe reported to White Star's Liverpool offices at nine o'clock in the morning |
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27 March |
Travels to board Titanic at Belfast |
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2 April |
During Titanic's sea trials, Lowe was "instructed by Mr. Murdoch, the then Chief Officer of the ship" to "look at the boats at Belfast and see that they were all there". |
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10 April |
Lowe assists in the lowering of two of the starboard lifeboats to satisfy the Board of Trade that Titanic met safety regulations. |
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Noon Titanic departs - Lowe was on the bridge, relaying messages to various parts of the ship by telephone. |
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14 April |
8pm Sixth officer Moody relieves Fifth officer Lowe. |
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11.40pm Lowe is asleep in his quarters when the ship hits the iceberg. He remains asleep through the collision, but wakes up 30 minutes later. |
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15 April |
12.30am Third Officer Pitman charges Lowe with loading lifeboat No. 5. |
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12.40am Lowe assists loading and lowering of lifeboat 7 |
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12.45am Lowe assists lowering of lifeboat 5 |
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12.55am Lowe assists loading and lowering of lifeboat 3 |
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1.05am Lowe assists loading and lowering of lifeboat 1 |
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1.25am Lowe assists loading and lowering of lifeboat 14 and takes command |
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c.3.00am Lowe is the only officer to return to look for survivors after the sinking. In total there were four men taken out of the water, one of whom dies later that night. |
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Lifeboat 14, with Lowe in charge, is rescued by the Carpathia |
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16 April |
Hoyt's body (rescued by Lowe) was buried at sea from Capathia according to The New York Times of 27 April 1912 |
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18 April |
Carpathia reaches New York |
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24 April |
Lowe gives evidence at Senate Inquiry |
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30 April |
Senator Smith makes a statement regarding Lowe being a "teetotaler" |
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2 May |
Lowe boards the Adriatic on return to England |
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9 May |
A statement is read out at the Senate Inquiry via the Italian ambassador regarding allegations of racism in which Lowe requests to "cancel the word 'Italian' and substitute the words immigrants belonging to latin races'". |
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11 May |
Arrived in Liverpool, UK, aboard the Adriatic and is met by his father George Lowe and sister Ada. |
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22 May - 23 May |
Lowe gave evidence at the British Inquiry |
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6 June |
Appointed an "acting" (probationary) sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Reserve. |
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21 June |
Upon his return to his home town of Barmouth 1,300 people attend a reception held in his honour at the Picture Pavilion. He is presented with a commemorative gold watch. |
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06/07 - 31/07 |
RMS Medic, Third Officer, White Star Line, Australia |
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03/08 - 01/12 |
RMS Medic, Third Officer, White Star Line, Australia |
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13/12 - 19/12 |
Briefly listed as aboard the SS Afric, Third Officer, White Star Line, Australia |
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20/12 - 12/04/1913 |
SS Gothic, Third Officer, White Star Line, Australia |
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1913 |
03/05 - 31/05 |
His White Star Line record lists him as on Navy "Drill" |
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14th June |
Appointed Sub Lieutenant in the RNR |
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23rd June |
Third Titanic inquiry, in the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand, London, during which Lowe restated most of what he had already confirmed during the previous investigations |
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09/07 - 26/02/1914 |
SS Cornishman, Second Officer, Montreal - 6 voyages |
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24 September |
Harold married Ellen Marion Whitehouse in St Paul's Church in Colwyn Bay |
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1914 |
March |
Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Hogue, RNR training |
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03/04 |
Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Excellent, RNR training |
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06/04 |
Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Victory, RNR training |
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03/05 |
Trained aboard the HMS Implacable in Sheerness |
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20 November |
Daughter Florence Josephine Edge, better known as "Josie" was born |
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1915 |
20/07 |
Promoted to Lieutenant |
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1916 |
02/01 - 20/4/17 |
Lieutenant HMS Donegal, RNR patrolling |
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21 March |
Son Harold William George born |
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1917 |
01/04 - 6/5 |
Lieutenant, HMS Excellent |
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17/05 - 10/06/19 |
Lieutenant, HMS Suffolk |
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10th June |
Demobilied |
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1919 |
4 July |
The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard, print an article entitled "Swamped in the Bay - Titanic Hero's Experience": Lowe was clinging to the boat with one hand and with the other he held a boy from going under. |
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20/11 - 29/12 |
SS Tucoman, First Officer (Frederick Leyland), Portland |
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1920 |
09/01 - 26/04 |
SS Cedric, 2nd Officer, (White Star Line), New York (2 voyages) |
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18/08 - 08/04/1921 |
SS Dominion, First Officer, (Dominion Line), Quebec, Montreal, New York and Portland |
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1921 |
13 May |
Initiated as a freemason, St Trillo Lodge |
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12/11 - 26/11 |
HMS Defiance, Lieutenant, Torpedo School Ship |
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26/11 |
HMS Vivid, Lieutenant, Torpedo School Ship |
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1922 |
13/05 - 27/12 |
SS Gallic, Chief Officer, White Star Line, Australia and New Zealand (7 voyages) |
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1923 |
20th November |
Promoted to Commander RNR |
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1925 |
03/04 - 24/05 |
SS Canada, First Officer and Chief Officer (Leyland Line), Portland, Maine and Montreal (2 voyages) |
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01/08 - 09/08 |
SS Suevic First Officer, White Star Line, Glasgow |
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14/08 - 15/08/1926 |
SS Regina, Second Officer, Leyland Line, Montreal and New York - 11 voyages |
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1927 |
29/01 - 12/12 |
SS Ceramic, Second Officer, White Star Line, Australia, 2 voyages |
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11 March |
Younger brother Edward (33 years old, living in Wellington New Zealand) lost overboard while working on the SS Waitemata. His body was never recovered. |
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1927 |
August |
Received R.D. decoration/medal according to his White Star Service record. |
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21 November |
Released by the RNR with the rank of lieutenant commander, aged 45. |
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1928 |
04/02 - 28/02 |
SS Regina, Second Officer, White Star Line, New York |
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03/03 - 26/03 |
SS Baltic Second Officer, White Star Line, New York |
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19/4 - 22/6 |
SS Laurentic, White Star Line, Canada |
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27/07 - 13/11/1930 |
SS Doric Second Officer/First Officer, White Star Line, Canada |
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November |
Father George Edward Lowe passed away. |
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1931 |
26 May |
Retired from the White Star Line |
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1932 |
November |
Elected to Deganwy Ward of Conwy Borough council, for 2 terms, etiring at the end of his second term in 1938 |
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1937 |
19 November |
Nearly drowned in the Conway river, at Deganwy. |
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1939 |
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During World War II he volunteers his home as a sector post |
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7th May |
Navy records state "Air Raid Warden for district" |
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1942 |
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Suffers a stroke and began using a wheelchair. |
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1944 |
12 May |
Harold Lowe dies aged 61, of hypertension |
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16 May |
Lowe's funeral takes place and his body is buried at Llandrillo-yn-Rhos churchyard in Rhos-on-Sea in North Wales. |
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1947 |
10th of February |
Wife Ellen "Nellie" Lowe died |
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2004 |
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A menu of the first meal ever served aboard Titanic, which Lowe had sent to his fiancée when the ship was docked in Ireland, sells for £51,000, breaking the record for auctioned Titanic memorabilia at the time. |
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2012 |
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A slate plaque in Lowe's memory is hung on the centennial anniversary of Titanic's sinking in Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales. |
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2020 |
20 June |
A large number of Lowe's belongings are sold at an auction at Henry Aldridge & Son, including his whistle, telescope, artwork and bicorn hat |
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2020 |
14 November |
The second auction (part two) of a large number of Lowe's belongings are sold at an auction at Henry Aldridge & Son, including rare photographs, sextant, newspaper and books. |