RMS Titanic Victim's Graves - Halifax, NS, Canada
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N 44° 39.560 W 063° 37.382
20T E 450605 N 4945296
The graves of 121 victims recovered from the sinking of the RMS Titanic are located in Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Waymark Code: WMW7RM
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 07/21/2017
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Three recovery ships recovered a total of 328 bodies from the RMS Titanic disaster. Each was given a number from 1 to 330. The numbers 324 and 325 were never used. Of these victims 121 are buried in Fairview Lawn Cemetery. Some have been identified and have an individualized grave marker. Unidentified victims are simply inscribed with the date of death and their recovery number. The White Star line paid for a the cubic grave markers. The family of the victims had the option to purchase a larger gravestone.
Some of the most visited grave sites are that of Sidney Leslie Goodwin, the Unknown Child whose identify was finally identified in 2008 by the Canadian Armed Forces laboratory by using mitochondrial DNA analysis from DNA obtained from his shoes. Also that of Alma Paulson who died along with all four of her young children.
Visit Instructions:
Please provide another photo of the location. You don't have to be in there shot, but you can. The photo requirement is to discourage any armchair visiting.