The public is cordially
invited on April 15, 2012 (at 2 p.m.) to attend
A Memorial Dedication
of a Bronze Plaque
In memory of a forgotten Stoughton resident
GEORGE QUINCY
CLIFFORD
who was victim of the R.M.S. TITANIC
George Quincy
Clifford was a forty year old Stoughton
resident and the President of the George E. Belcher Last Co. He perished on his voyage back to Stoughton aboard the R.M.S. TITANIC on April 15, 1912. George had been traveling in Europe since
February 1912 securing contracts for the Belcher Last Co. in hopes to supply
more work for Stoughton
residents at that factory. His body was
never recovered.
Location:
Please join us 100 years to the day of the sinking of the TITANIC. We will meet in Stoughton at 4 Capen Street (off Pleasant St. Rte. 139) where we will
unveil a beautiful (18x14) Bronze plaque installed on the structure of the
former Belcher Last Factory where he worked (now the Rose Forte Apartment building) in Stoughton. This plaque was made possible by the generous
donations of Stoughton
citizens and Titanic historians.
We will be joined by some of his descendants who will be
asked to unveil this memorial long overdue in the town of Stoughton.
At which time will also be a short memorial service at the unveiling to
remember the passengers who died on the TITANIC, and to remember our local
resident who perished a century this day.
The service will include words from the clergy of his former
church in Brockton; a brief historical sketch of his life by Stoughton
historian David Allen Lambert; remarks by invited guests; and the singing of
the Mariners Hymn – For Those in Peril on
the Sea (the last hymn sung aboard the TITANIC at church services held the
morning of April 14, 1912).
After the memorial dedication please attend a reception and
open house at the Stoughton Historical
Society immediately following at 6
Park Street (corner of Pleasant and Park).
Any questions please contact David Allen Lambert at dalresearch@verizon.net
