Titanic Bandmaster Wallace Hartley Memorial-- Part 1

From the maritime.elletra.co.uk website. //// Located in Colne, Lancaster, England. Consists of a bronze statue flanked by two smaller bronze female figurines: one holding a lyre representing music and the other a wreath representing valor. The main statue stands atop a tall, splayed stone plinth. //// The statue was funded by voluntary contributions and stands on Albert Road, west of the Providence Independent Methodist Church and the Colne World War Memorial dedicated to Colne men killed in both wars. //// Wallace Hartley was born 2 June 1878 at 92 Greenfield Road in Colne, Lancashire. He was the eldest son and second child of Albion and Elizabeth Hartley. Albion was the mill manager and involved with Bethel Independent Methodist Chapel in Colne. This is where Wallace was introduced to music, joining the choir and later playing the violin. //// More to Come. --Cooter

Wallace Hartley's Father, Albion Hartley

From Find-A-Grave.

Continued from last week's posts. This all started with the recreation of Wallace Hartley's funeral in Colne, England on the 100th anniversary of it. Wallace Hartley was the bandmaster on the R.M.S. Titanic, whose body was recovered after the sinking and buried a month later.

His father was Albion Henry Hartley who was born in 1851 in Colne and died Jan. 9, 1934. He married Elizabeth G. Foulds in September 1874 and was choirmaster of Bethel Chapel in Colne.

He held a succession of jobs and in 1881 was the manager of Cotton Mill and in 1901, an insurance agent.

The couple had two sons, Conrad Robert Hartley and Ughred Harold Hartley who died in early childhood. Albion and his wife are both buried at Colne Cemetery, as if Wallace Hartley.

--Cooter