Charles Herbert Lightoller blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: This school stands on the site of Yarrow House, boyhood home of Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller DSC RD RNR (1874-1952) Second Officer on board RMS Titanic and the most senior officer to survive the disaster of 14th April 1912. He was decorated for gallantry in 1916 and was awarded a bar to it in 1918 after sinking a U-boat. In 1940 he helped in the evacuation of Dunkirk using his motor yacht Sundowner, now preserved at the Maritime Museum, Ramsgate. Recorded plaque organisation: Chorley Civic Society.

Charles Herbert Lightoller served as Second Officer on the RMS Titanic and was the most senior officer to survive its sinking in 1912; he later received decorations for gallantry during World War I and played a role in the Dunkirk evacuation using his motor yacht Sundowner.