Home - Tom Whiteley's life in full. Survivor of the Titanic. Actor.on stage and film.

This is the official website for Thomas Whiteley. It is run by his descendants. It uses information passed on by his wife, and material from a substantial collection held by the family.

Contributions are welcome from any researcher and they will be suitably credited.

Suggestions for improvements will also be entertained.

The email address is contact(at)tomwhiteley.info Replace (at) with shift+'[apostrophe]UK; shift+2 keys US.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

To commemorate his eventful life.

To place an accurate record in the public domain.

To be as objective as possible when assessing motives and actions. As ever there can only be one truth and that comes from within the person concerned. We all perceive things from our own aspect of the happening. Thomas Arthur Whiteley’s own material gives us the best picture available.

WHAT WILL YOU READ AND SEE?

A story about an eventful life. It is of a type that probably cannot occur again. During his fifty years of life technology of almost every kind flourished faster and further than at any other time in history. His life encompassed two World Wars and a Depression. His adult life starts with his survival from the Titanic.

There will be a selection from the collection for each activity in his life. There will be relevant lists for some sections.

Updates.

17.2.2009 RAF 87 Squadron - Tom's letters to home.

8.4.2009 Home - amend and add to the (at) anti-web crawler precaution above.

Titanic - addition of link to ET.

RFC 41 Wing - note that Tom was in Italy in 1911, so was not in the England 1911 census.