William Denton Cox

William Denton Cox (1883 – 15 April 1912) was a third class steward aboard RMS Titanic who died while bringing groups of third class passengers to lifeboats during the sinking.^[1]

Cox was from Southampton and transferred to Titanic from the RMS Olympic. Cox escorted two groups of third class women and children to the lifeboats assisted by stewards John Edward Hart and Albert Victor Pearcey. Cox was last seen headed below to rescue a third group.

His body was found by the cable ship CS Mackay-Bennett and brought to Halifax, initially listed as Body No. 300. He is buried at Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

References

^ "Testimony of John E. Hart". British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry. 30 July 1912. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

External links

Encyclopedia Titanica"Mr. William Denton Cox", article,

RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic

Sinking

Deck officers

Edward J. Smith (Captain)
Henry T. Wilde (Chief Officer)
William M. Murdoch (First Officer)
Charles H. Lightoller (Second Officer)
Herbert J. Pitman (Third Officer)
Joseph G. Boxhall (Fourth Officer)
Harold G. Lowe (Fifth Officer)
James P. Moody (Sixth Officer)

Notable crew members

Notable passengers

Monuments, memorials

General	Memorials and monuments to the RMS Titanic victims

Australia	Bandstand (Ballarat)

United Kingdom	Engine Room Heroes (Liverpool) Engineers (Southampton) Musicians (Southampton) Titanic (Belfast) Orchestra (Liverpool)

United States	Straus Park (New York City) Titanic (New York City) Titanic (Washington, D.C.) Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain (Washington, D.C.)

Books, films etc.

List of films about the RMS Titanic
Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan (1898)
A Night to Remember (book)
Saved from the Titanic (1912)
In Nacht und Eis (1912)
Atlantic (1929)
Titanic (1943)
Titanic (1953)
A Night to Remember (1958)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
Raise the Titanic (1980)
Titanic (1996)
No Greater Love (1996)
Titanic (1997)
Titanic (musical, 1997)
The Legend of the Titanic (1999)
"A Flight to Remember" (Futurama) (1999)
Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2000)
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
"Voyage of the Damned" (Doctor Who) (2007)
Titanic II (2010)
Titanic (2012)
Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012)

Museums, exhibitions

SeaCity Museum (Southampton)
Titanic Belfast
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic (Halifax)

Places

Categories

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