Barbara West Dainton, Titanic Survivor, Dead at 96

doug65oh · Post by **doug65oh** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:18 pm

LONDON - Barbara West Dainton, believed to be one of the last two survivors from the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died in England at age 96.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071108/ap_ ... c_survivor

Shelley · Post by **Shelley** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:48 pm

Yes, TIS learned of it several days ago but was waiting to post it pending confirmation
http://titanicinternational.wordpress.com/

Miss Dean is- the sole survivor, although she was but an infant and has no recollections at all.

doug65oh · Post by **doug65oh** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:54 pm

Yes...there's nobody left now but that little old sweetheart of a lady Milvena Dean. Of all the survivors I've ever seen interviewed - admittedly rather few - she's my favorite.

Shelley · Post by **Shelley** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:56 pm

Milvina is in a nursing home now but still sees friends when she can. I was lucky to meet her several times when she was in the U.S. I wonder how it feels to be a sole survivor after all these years.

doug65oh · Post by **doug65oh** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:46 pm

You've met her? Oh how neat! If she's anything in person like she comes across in filmed interviews, that must have been a real treat.

The only part of her talks that I find a little hard to take emotionally is the way she speaks of her father - having to literally imagine what he was like from photographs.

I couldn't imagine being left a sole survivor even after all these years. It's in a way a victory, but also a condemnation, you might say.

doug65oh · Post by **doug65oh** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:37 pm

Hmmm... in the How's This For Irony? Department we have this: Barbara Joyce West Dainton was apparently born at Bournemouth 24th May 1911 - exactly one week before the RMS Titanic was launched!