From Wikipedia.
While looking up stuff about Arthur John Priest, I came across this man's name. The Wikipedia article said that besides Priest, there were two others who survived both the Titanic and Britannic's sinkings, Violet Jessup and Arthur Jewel.
And, there was one more ship he was on, the SS Donegal, a hospital ship that was sunk by a German U-boat, but this one he did not survive.
He started working for the White Star Line in 1904 at the age of 16 and was a seaman on the Oceanic for eight years. On April 6, 1912, he was transferred to the RMS Titanic as one of six lookouts along with George Symons. They were in the lookout station in the crows next right before the collision with the iceberg but had been relieved by Reginald Lee and Frederick Fleet.
He survived by being put in command of Lifeboat 7.
He was working on the HMHS Britannic and survived its sinking on 21 November 1916, along with stewardess Violet Jessup and stoke Arthur John Priest.
--DaCoot
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