Titanic Memorials: Captain Smith, Lichfield

Titanic'sMaster, Captain Edward John Smith, RD, RNR, was born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, but his memorial was erected in Beacon Park, Lichfield.

The memorial is a life-sized statue to remember his heroics by, pictured here on the right. It was designed by Kathleen Scott, and unveiled by Captain Smith's daughter, Helen Melville Smith, see left, in a ceremony on 29th July, 1914, just six days before the outbreak of war between England and Germany.

It is made of bronze, stands 7' 8" high, sits on a 7' high plinth of Cornish Granite, and cost £740 to construct.

It bears the inscription shown here in the box on the left, and in 1985, it had the words "Captain Smith was Captain of the Titanic" added.