Archibald Jewell

Male

Birth date: 4.12.1888 y.

Cabin: Sailors

Biography:

Archie Jewell was the youngest child of John Jewell, a sailor, and his wife Elizabeth Jewell. He had six older siblings, two sisters and four brothers. His mother died on 9 April 1891.

In 1903, at the age of 15, Jewell began working on smaller sailing ships. He joined the White Star Line in 1904. Jewell served as a full seaman on the Oceanic for almost eight years, during which time he lived in Southampton.

In 1912, he was transferred to the RMS Titanic as a lookout. He boarded the ship in Southampton and worked the nightshift from 8 pm to 10 pm with George Symons for a salary of £5. He was in his cabin when the ship struck the iceberg at 11:40 pm, and was one of the first people to escape the ship, boarding Boat 7, which left the ship at 12:40 am and carried only 28 people out of 65. His lifeboat reached the Carpathia at 5:10 a.m., and after the Carpathia docked in New York, he was the first person to testify at the Inquries.

Archie left the White Star Line to spend time with his girlfriend, and during his time off, they got married and had a daughter named Raymond Hope Jewell, and moved to Bitterne. Unfortunately, the First World War had broken out, and he had to return to the sea. In 1916, he was recruited to serve aboard the HMHS Britannic, the sister ship of the RMS Titanic.

Edit