[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Despite the old saw about those who 'don't remember the past,' I think the past repeats whether you remember it or not. But I believe historical insight can still be very helpful in dealing with this sort of thing.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/...and/54134854/1

About 600 of Titanic's 900-strong crew were from Southampton. More than 500 people from the city lost their lives — a third of the total casualties. Most of them were waiters, sailors, stewards, engineers and, like Geer, stokers. Very few bodies were brought back to England.

"When Titanic went down, the shipping company the White Star Line stopped the crew's pay but charged families the freight costs of shipping the bodies back," says Valerie Ferguson, who volunteers at the cemetery along with Dunkason. "Most couldn't afford it, which is why we have so many memorials rather than graves."