From June 10, 2010, BBC News: Wales "Schoolgirl's bid to honor Barmouth's Titanic Hero."
An what made this an even better story was that it was a young girl doing this.
Maddie Matthews, 15, of Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, was shocked to find that Barmouth had no plaque to mark the Titanic's Fifth Officer Harold Lowe who rowed a lofeboat back to where the Titanic sank to save four more from the freezing waters.
She wants a memorial to be in place by the centennial of the ship's sinking.
Lowe died in 1944 and is buried at Llandrillo-yn-Rhos. Fund-raising is already underway and the Titanic Heritage Trust applauds her efforts.
Before returning to the struggling survivors, Lowe dispersed the occupants of his lifeboat into other ones. He also rescued several people from a sinking inflatable lifeboat. In the populat movie, Lowe is shown as the officer holding the lantern as the lifeboat proceeds slowly checking bodies for life and hollering out.
Always Good to See Youth Getting Involved With Old Stuff. Too Often, It's the Old Doing That. --Cooter
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