Here lies the father of the Titanic: the tomb of Bruce Ismay, Putney Vale Cemetery
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Here lies the father of the Titanic: the tomb of Bruce Ismay, Putney Vale Cemetery
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 15 Apr 2012
Bruce Ismay was the chairman of White Star Line who commissioned RMS Titanic - and, notoriously - a survivor of the sinking. The Ismay family plot is a large one. This tomb-chest stands in the centre of the plot, but there are also an upright slab (with biblical inscription), an elaborately carved stone bench (with a verse inscribed), and a plain tomb-slab (marking the graves of other members of the family). The tomb-chest has low-relief carvings of sailing ships on three sides, and a similar representation of a ship's compass on the fourth. It is signed 'Gerrard 1939' - which I take to mean A.H. Gerrard, later professor at the Slade School of Art. The Ismay plot lies in the southernmost corner of the cemetery, on a north-facing slope - and for much of the year is heavily shaded by trees. See: Image Image Image Image
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