Yeah, Chief Officer Wilde's last moments are so sketchy that it's almost impossible to put together a accurate timeline or article reguarding what he did during those last couple of hours of his life. Some even claim Wilde shot himself, not Murdoch, so like I said it's sketchy.

From what little I have ever been able to find, there isn't a lot of materiel on Mr. Wilde. It does seem that he was definitely working both sides of the ship in an effiort to get boats loaded and lowered...it would be great if someone were to do a biography of the good Mr. Wilde--I for one would grab one of the first copies.

Oops sorry..want that in a link format? LOL

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/7937/wilde.html

See if this site helps anyone out...http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/7937/wilde.html

I thought I had read someplace that he was at the boats and working with them...in fact, I was under the impression that he worked both port and starboard sides and that the last place he was seen was on the starboard...

Bess,
I just read all the information on the site you posted about H. T. Wilde. There is some great stuff on there!!
Betty

I have always found Mr. Wilde fascinating...it seems as if, of all of TITANIC's officers, he is the least visible in the historic record. About all I know about him is that he was in line to assume command of [i:65b060c0c2]Cymric[/i:65b060c0c2] before sailing on [i:65b060c0c2]Titanic[/i:65b060c0c2], but the coal strike delayed his doing so, and that he lost his wife on Christmas Eve of 1911 after also losing the twin boys to which she'd given birth earlier that month.

Fair points. I suppose it's about time I started re-reading my books. 8)

by looking at the inquiry testimonies, many people confirm that wilde was at many of the life boats during the night. #8 (crawford, british inquiry), #2 (boxhall, american+british inquiry), #10 (jougin, british) #14 ( scarrott ,british inquiry) and collapsible c (rowe, american inquiry)

boat #2 was lowered at about 1:45 am, thats only 35 minutes before the ship sank, so i wouldnt say he wasnt on deck as much as the other officers, just perhaps that nobody could recall seeing him, even though they might have done, or that those who could give us a clear picture of his actions went down with the ship; however thats just my opinion :wink:

Yes I saw that quote on the site that you posted.
I also strongly suspect that he did help with the boats, as he was almost deffinatley seen. But there would have been a lot else happening on that night and it strikes me that he was probably not on the boat deck as much as some of the other officers. :)