and here is what it says about Wallace Hartley:

Wallace Henry Hartley was born at 92, Greenfield Road, Colne, Lancashire, on June 2nd 1878. He
was the son of Albion Hartley, and his wife, Elizabeth nee Foulds, and was brother to Mary E,
Ughtred Harold, Elizabeth G, Conrad Robert and Hilda. In 1881 the family were still living at 92,
Greenfield Road, Colne. Albion Hartley was a manager of a cotton mill, and his wife was a
worsted weaver. Close by lived Wallace342200231s grandmother, Mrs Mary Hartley, nee Rushton, at 100,
Greenfield Road. Mary Hartley was 66 years old and deaf. The family later moved to 90, Albert
Road, where they lived from 1890 to 1895. At that time Wallace was giving solo violin
performances, and not long after, joined an orchestra in Bridlington. By 1912, Wallace was living
with his parents at 342200230Surrey Side342200231, West Park Street, in Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
Prior to sailing on the Titanic, Wallace had been working for the Cunard Company on board the
Mauretania, as a violinist. He joined the Titanic not as an official member of the crew, but as a
second class passenger, travelling with the other musicians on ticket 250654. Until 1912,
musicians had worked on ships as part of the regular crew. However, in 1912 an agency, Messrs.
C.W. and F.N. Black, began to provide ship342200231s orchestras. They offered a cheaper service, and
the shipping lines quickly signed with them, and so musicians signed up with them too,
appearing on crew manifests as a token gesture that they were still under the Captain342200231s
authority. But when the Amalgamated Musicians Union protested that their members were now
receiving lower wages, while still members of the ship342200231s crew, Bruce Ismay, chairman of the
White Star Line, had the musicians transferred from the crew manifest to the second class
passenger list. The transfer affected the Olympic, so that when it arrived in New York, it342200231s
musicians left the ship as passengers. The change also affected Wallace Hartley on board the
Mauretania. When it arrived in New York on March 29th 1912, Hartley arrived as a second class
passenger.
Wallace joined the Titanic at Southampton on sailing day, being on board as bandmaster. For
the voyage he could expect to earn monthly wages of 3022434. He was one of eight musicians on the
ship, playing in two groups, a trio outside the a la carte restaurant, and Wallace342200231s group of five
in other areas of the ship, including the first class reception room. When off duty, Wallace and
his four companions occupied a cabin on E deck, close to second class cabin E101. From that
cabin, passenger, Edwina Celia Troutt, listened to the orchestra as they practised each day.
Adjoining the room was a storeroom for the men342200231s instruments.
Wallace and his bandsmen kept the passengers entertained throughout the day, playing largely
in first class, but occasionally in second class. They played musical selections from the White
Star Line book, as well as responding to passenger342200231s requests. On Sunday April 14th the
orchestra had played at the Divine Service in the morning, and in the evening played selections
in the first class reception room. Mrs Candee requested that the group play Puccini, while Hugh
Woolner asked for Dvorak. The orchestra finished with a piece from The Tales of Hoffman.
When the Titanic struck the iceberg, the orchestra had retired for the night. They reassembled
at about half-past midnight, summoned to play in the first class lounge in order to calm
passengers. Hartley led his men in playing a selection of ragtime pieces, waltzes and comic
songs of the day, later moving locations to the boat deck, close to the first class entrance.
The men continued playing as the boats were filled and lowered. Hartley, it seems took a break
to see Mrs Florence Ware, a second class passenger, into a boat. As Mrs Ware entered the
lifeboat, Hartley handed her a silver spirit flask. After he returned to the orchestra to continue
playing. Harold Bride, coming on deck from the wireless room after 2.00a.m. heard the band
playing 342200234Autumn342200235 as he made his way forward. Steward Edward Brown could not remember
hearing the band stop. Many people recalled hearing the hymn, 342200230Nearer, My God to Thee342200231
shortly before the ship took its final plunge.
Wallace Henry Hartley died when the Titanic sank. His body was among those identified during
the recovery of victims from the sea by ships after. Found by the Mackay-Bennett, a cable ship
sent out from Halifax, Nova Scotia to search for victims of the sinking, the details recorded
were;
NO.224. MALE. ESTIMATED AGE, 25. HAIR, BROWN.
CLOTHING 342200223 Uniform (green facing); brown overcoat; black boots; green socks.
EFFECTS 342200223 Gold fountain pen, 342200234W. H. H.342200235; diamond solitaire ring; silver cigarette
case; letters; silver match box, marked 342200234To W. H. H. from Collingson342200231s staff, Leeds342200235;
telegram to Hotley, Bandmaster 342200234Titanic342200235; nickel watch; gold chain; gold cigar
holder; stud; scissors; 16s.; 16 cents; coins.
BANDMASTER WALLACE H. HOTLEY.
Hartley342200231s body was brought to Halifax, from where it was forwarded to Boston for shipment back
to Liverpool.
Hartley342200231s body arrived in Liverpool aboard the Arabic, on May 12th. From there it was placed on a
hearse for the sixty mile journey back to Colne, where Hartley was to be buried. The body of
Wallace Henry Hartley was laid to rest in Colne on May 18th, the funeral service having been
conducted at the Bethel Chapel
Hartley342200231s parents were awarded a single payment of 302243100 from the British Titanic Relief Fund as
a result of his death, and the loss of his income.
Wallace left an estate of 302243656. 17s. 4d., proved through administration in Wakefield, on May 21st
1912.
Memorials to Hartley and his fellow bandsman were erected all around the world after the
disaster.