A Shropshire woman is getting ready to perform in Titanic the Musical, in honour of her Great Uncle Bob who died on the ocean liner.
Sue Steel is descended from the Rev Dr Robert James Bateman who died in the sinking 101 years ago
She said: “It’s always been a big thing in the family to research history and it’s something so important and it’s something that we want to be remembered. Rev Dr Robert James Bateman from Bristol who died on the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Photo: Encyclopedia Titanica Although Susan’s grandparents chose not to go with him, Dr Bateman did board the ship with his sister-in-law Ada Balls as a second-class passenger.Susan said: “When they heard of the imminent sinking she said that he knocked on her door and she ventured out in her nightgown – she didn’t get chance to get a coat on.
“He’d gone out as a missionary to spread the gospel, but his everyday job was as a mason. They set up a home in his name over there, for the destitute,” Susan added.He is also in possession of a letter that Dr Bateman wrote to ‘Herbert and Phoebe’ – Susan’s grandparents – which Dr Bateman posted in Southampton on RMS Titanic notepaper.
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