Joseph Boxhall
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[[Commander (Royal Navy)|Commander]] '''Joseph Groves Boxhall''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|RD|RNR}} (23 March 1884 – 25 April 1967) was a British merchant seaman and naval officer who was the fourth officer on the {{RMS|Titanic}}. When the ship struck the iceberg, Boxhall was on watch and subsequently became the only on-duty officer that night to survive the sinking |
[[Commander (Royal Navy)|Commander]] '''Joseph Groves Boxhall''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|RD|RNR}} (23 March 1884 – 25 April 1967) was a British merchant seaman and naval officer who was the fourth officer on the {{RMS|Titanic}}. When the ship struck the iceberg, Boxhall was on watch and subsequently became the only on-duty officer that night to survive the sinking. |
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During the sinking, Boxhall was in charge of firing distress rockets in an attempt to signal a nearby ship, now known to be the {{SS|Californian}}, and also made a second calculation of the ''Titanic''{{'}}s final position. He was ordered into Emergency Cutter No. 2 and was responsible for lighting green flares which helped attract the {{RMS|Carpathia}} to the wrecksite, subsquently leading to a successful rescue of all the lifeboats. He subsquently took part in both the U.S. and U.K. inquiries. |
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Boxhall went on to have a long career in the Merchant Navy as a senior officer and took part in [[World War I]]. Though he seldom spoke of his experience on ''Titanic'', in retirement, he was persuaded to help out with the production of [[A Night to Remember (film)|''A Night to Remember'']] and later gave an interview on the BBC on the 50th anniversary of the sinking. Boxhall died in 1967. At the time of his death, he was the last living officer of ''Titanic''. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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