JOHN HENRY WILSON AND CATHERINE ( HYLAND ) WILSON . ONE OF MY PAIR OF GREAT GRANDPARENTS AND ONE SET OF HIS MERCHANT NAVY DISCHARGE PAPERS.
HE WAS A FIREMAN ON BOARD MORE THAN TWENTY SHIPS( INCLUDING THE LUSITANIA and MAURITANIA ) . HIS FIRST SHIP WAS THE TEUTONIC IN 1901 HIS LAST THE OLYMPIC IN 1916 THAT WAS BEEN USED AS A TROOPSHIP BACK AND FORTH FOR THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO ARROWS YOU WILL SEE THE SIGNATURE OF CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON THE " MAJESTIC " WHO LATER WENT ON TO CAPTAIN THE " TITANIC ".
Shot taken with a Pentax kr.
JOHN HENRY WILSON AND CATHERINE ( HYLAND ) WILSON . ONE OF MY PAIR OF GREAT GRANDPARENTS AND ONE SET OF HIS MERCHANT NAVY DISCHARGE PAPERS.
HE WAS A FIREMAN ON BOARD MORE THAN TWENTY SHIPS( INCLUDING THE LUSITANIA and MAURITANIA ) . HIS FIRST SHIP WAS THE TEUTONIC IN 1901 HIS LAST THE OLYMPIC IN 1916 THAT WAS BEEN USED AS A TROOPSHIP BACK AND FORTH FOR THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO ARROWS YOU WILL SEE THE SIGNATURE OF CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON THE " MAJESTIC " WHO LATER WENT ON TO CAPTAIN THE " TITANIC ".
Shot taken with a Pentax kr.