R.M.S. Titanic--Lightoller, Charles Herbert.

the first 13 pages containing lists of all the Deck, Engine and Victualling crew who were on board the ship before the disaster, followed by a [mistaken and possible early] calculation of the numbers of survivors from each class ("Total saved...705"), a 3-page list of those crew members who survived and received clothes ("The Coats (25) & Trowsers (19) are given by Mrs Cavendish, The shirts (36) Drawers (12) & Socks (12) are given by Mrs E.J. Meyers"), and a further 3-page list of those crew members who were subpoenaed in Washington at the end of April 1912, the last six pages containing related miscellaneous notes in pencil ("...Hitchens Q[uarter]M[aster] enquired if light was lighted buoy hailed other boat to that effect, refused to row, refused to return to ship..."), 25 pages plus blanks, 8vo, on lined paper, black cloth wrappers, with calendars for 1911 and 1912 printed on inside upper cover, [1912], light staining to first leaf, slight wear and creasing to covers



[together with:] three later wartime notebooks kept by Lightoller: the first kept by him as a naval officer during the first world war, containing instructions, lists, signals and codes (c.70 pages, 8vo, black cloth wrappers); the second being his tabulated personal code book; and the third being his "Scrap Log" kept during his service for the Small Vessel Pool from March 1943 to November 1944 (c.55 pages, 4to, in blue R.A.F. paper wrappers); some wear and creasing to notebooks

There is slight staining to the first leaf of the Titanic notebook and minor spotting to the last two leaves, also general wear and tear to the covers, and on the upper cover is a modern white adhesive label with "Titanic notebook" in blue ink. There is some wear and creasing to the later notebooks, including dust and rust staining to the World War I notebook, and staining especially to the covers of the scrapbook. The World War I book and personal codebook have white adhesive labels on the upper covers.
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Charles Herbert Lightoller (1874-1952), as the Titanic's Second Officer, was the most senior officer to survive the sinking. He assumed responsibility for the lowering of lifeboats from the port side and for the selection of survivors, for which he was later criticised. He became a key witness in the subsequent enquiries into the disaster in both America and Britain. It is highly likely that lightoller compiled the present lists of crew members soon after the sinking in april 1912.

During the First World War, he served as Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross Twice and had acquired the rank of Commander by the end of the war. In 1940, he used his own yacht, the Sundowner, at the evacuation of Dunkirk, and then continued to serve the navy by working with the Small Vessel Pool.