Herbert Cave - Halifax, NS, Canada
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N 44° 39.566 W 063° 37.381
20T E 450606 N 4945307
Herbert Cave is buried in Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was a crew member on the RMS Titanic and died during the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Waymark Code: WMP46J
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 06/28/2015
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Herbert Cave was born in Wandsworth, London, England in 1873. He joined the victualling crew of the RMS Titanic on April 4, 1912 where he worked as a 1st class saloon steward. He died when the RMS Titanic sank after striking and iceberg east of Nova Scotia on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to NY, NY.
Herbert Cave's remains (#218) were recovered by the cable ship Mackay-Bennett and brought to Halifax, Nova Scotia where he was buried in Fairview Lawn Cemetery, on May 8, 1912. He was 39 years old.
A larger granite headstone marks his grave. It is inscribed:
CAVE
IN LOVING MEMORY
HERBERT CAVE,
DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF
GERTRUDE AGNES CAVE
LOST IN THE "TITANIC"
APRIL 15, 1912
AGED 39 YEARS
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THERE LET MY WAY APPEAR
STEPS UNTO HEAVEN
ALL THAT THOU SEND'ST TO ME
IN MERCY GIVEN
ANGELS TO BECKON ME
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
NEARER TO THEE.
218
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