The cemetery where Titanic survivor Harold Lowe (fifth officer on Titanic) is buried was recently used as a dumping ground for garbage. St Trillo’s Parish Church in Rhos-on-Sea in Conwy County has been used as a cemetery for a long time and is maintained by volunteers according to news reports. According to Reverend Dale, the vicar, someone tossed garbage into the cemetery near where the gravestones are. Some of the debris included a fan, a bag of rubble, and even a mattress, had to be cleaned up by volunteers since the local council does not maintain the cemetery. Reverend Dale noted “”I’m disappointed, really.” The dumpers showed “disrespect” to the people buried there and their loved ones who visit their graves.”

Source

David Powell, “Titanic Hero’s Churchyard Targeted by Flytippers,” North Wales Live, last modified January 9, 2025, https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/titanic-heros-churchyard-targeted-flytippers-30736816.

Suggested Reading

Behe, G. (2012). On board RMS Titanic: Memories of the Maiden Voyage. The History Press.

Brewster, H. (2013). Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic’s First-Class Passengers and Their World. National Geographic Books.

Eaton John P. & Haas Charles, TITANIC TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY, SECOND EDITION, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, New York, 1995 First American Edition

Lord, Walter, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, Holt Rinehart and Winston, New York, New York, 1955. Multiple revisions and reprints, notably Illustrated editions (1976,1977,1978 etc.)

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