Titanic victim who worked as a chauffeur. His body was eventually recovered from the sea by the cable-laying vessel Mackay-Bennett on April 23rd, and he was buried at sea the following day. Color embossed picture postcard, 3.25 x 5.25, with a Welsh scene on the front. Reverse is addressed to his future wife Sarah, “Miss W. Hodder, No. 3 Griffin Road, Clevedon,” and signed “With kind regards from Will XX.” Some scattered light soiling to correspondence side and light crazing to finish of image side, otherwise fine condition. John and his wife were married for just two months before he perished and his widow would never remarry.
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