Titanic's Bristolians

Season: 7 Episode: 14

Among the thousands who departed from Southampton, bound for a new life in America, was one man whose story embodies both the hope and the heartbreak of that journey, Red. Robert James Bateman. As the great liner pushed across the Atlantic, everything changed in a single, devastating moment, when an iceberg tore through her hull, sealing her fate, and the fate of so many on board.

Today, we uncover his story.

CAST

Revd Robert James Bateman - Guy Pass

Ada Balls - Sam Roberts

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.

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SOURCES

Find-A-Grave

Encyclopedia Titanica

Ancestry

Family Search

Titanic Archive

‘A Night to Remember’ by Walter Lord

(1912) Record of Bodies and Effects (Passengers and Crew S.S. Titanic)

Sound Effects by zapsplat.com

Intro music by The Model Folk

Back In The Day music by Freesoundmusic