Titanic Bandmaster Wallace Hartley Memorial-- Part 2: a Liverpool Connection

In 1895, the family moved to Huddersfield, Yorkshore, where Wallace joined the local Huddersfield Philhamonic Orchestra. In 1901, his father, Albion, finally allowed him to purue his dream of becoming a professional musician and he joined the municipal orchestra of the Yorkshire seaside town of Bridlington. //// In 1909, Hartley played 2nd Violin aboard the new Cunard Line vessel Mauretania under the employ of Messrs. C.W. & F.N. Black of Liverpool. In 1912, they transferred him to the post of bandmaster on the new White Line RMS Titanic. //// --Cooter