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Person    | Male  Born 28/1/1879  Died 15/4/1912

John Henry Hesketh

Categories: Engineering, Tragedy

John Henry Hesketh

Second Engineer (Refrigeration) on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the .

He is also commemorated on the , Andrews East Park, Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DW and on the in the Titanic Memorial Gardens, Donegal Square East, Belfast, BT1 5QS, that shows 1,512 names of those who died in the disaster.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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