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Sir Bertram Hayes
Sir Bertram Fox Hayes Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order, DSO Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve, RD Royal Naval Reserve, RNR (25 April 1864 – 15 May 1941) was a sea captain with the White Star Line. Life and career Bertram Hayes was born in Birkenhead in Cheshire, He went to sea as a young man serving on windjammers, and gained his Masters Certificate. In 1889 he joined the White Star Line. He was promoted to Master and commanded the ''SS Britannic (1874), SS Britannic'', and during the Second Boer War, Boer War he took troops to South Africa, carrying 37,000 troops in three years, for which he was awarded the Transport Medal.The New York Times, 16 May 1941, BERTRAM F. HAYES, BRITISH SEA HERO He also served on the White Star Line ships ''SS Coptic, Coptic'', ''SS Teutonic, Teutonic'', ''SS Germanic, Germanic'', ''SS Suevic, Suevic'', ''SS Arabic (1902), Arabic'', the ''SS Laurentic (1908), Laurentic'', in which he inaugurated the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkenhead
Birkenhead () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. It lies within the Historic counties of England, historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Merseyside in 1974. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 109,835. Birkenhead Priory and the Mersey Ferry were established in the 12th century. In the 19th century, Birkenhead expanded greatly as a consequence of the Industrial Revolution, leading to a shipbuilding firm which became Cammell Laird. A Great Float, seaport was established. As the town grew, Birkenhead Park and Hamilton Square were laid out. The first street tramway in Britain was built, followed by the Mersey Railway which connected Birkenhead and Liverpool through the world's first railway tunnel beneath a tidal estuary. In the sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
