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From the Encyclopedia Titanica:

Mr James Paul MOODY, 24, was born in Scarborough, England on 21st August,
1887, the son of John Henry Moody and Evelyn Louise Lammin.  The Moody
family was well known in Scarborough. James' grandfather had been town
clerk, and James' father, J.H. Moody, was on the town council.

Moody graduated from the King Edward VII Nautical School in London and
passed his Masters Examination there in April 1911.  He was 24-years-old
when he was transferred from the Oceanic to the Titanic.  His 1912 address
was: St. James House, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. His family was also known in
Grimsby as one of his ancestors, Charles Bartholemew Moody, was the town's
first coroner.  At the time of his death, he was living with an uncle who
was a solicitor - and whose firm is still in business today.

James Moody was Sixth Officer on the Titanic a position which earned him
around $37.00 per month. He stood the 8-12 (a.m. and p.m.) watches, as
well as the first Dog Watch, that of 4-5 p.m. Moody was on watch on the
bridge when the Titanic struck the iceberg. He answered the phone from
lookout Frederick Fleet and reported to First Officer William Murdoch,
"Iceberg right ahead."  During the evacuation, he helped fill lifeboats 
12, 14, and 16.  He was last seen about 2:18 a.m. by Second Officer 
Charles Lightoller trying to launch the collapsible boats.

Moody's last actions were poignantly recalled by Geoffrey Marcus in The
Maiden Voyage. 

'[Chief Officer] Wilde's efforts to avert panic, maintain order and
discipline, and get the last of the boats loaded and lowered to the water
were valiantly supported by the youngest of the officers, James Moody.
Long before this, the latter should by rights have gone away in one of the
boats along with the other junior officers.  But the seamen left on board
were all too few as it was for the work that had to be done.  Moody
therefore stayed with the ship to the end and was the means of saving many
a life that would otherwise have been lost.'

There is a memorial plaque bearing James' name in the Church of St. Martin
on the Hill, Scarborough.  It bears the verse:

"Be Thou Faithful Unto Death and I Will Give to Thee a Crown of Life."
There is also an altar set at St. Augustine's Church in Grimsby that is in
memory of James.'

There is an additional monument to James Moody in Woodland cemetery,
Scarborough, the existence of which was known only to a few members of the
Moody family.  The headstone refers to his role in the Titanic disaster,
and commemorates Moodyıs sacrifice with the words:

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his
friends."

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And, from Chrissie Walton, in Scarborough, on the East Coast of Yorkshire:

Arthur MOUNTAIN, St. Jame's House, Grimsby, son of the late Thomas 
MOUNTAIN of Braceborough, who died in 1860, born Braceborough, 12 Nov. 
1858, educated at Boston Grammer Scool.  Admitted solicitor, in 1885, and 
Notary Public; Commissioner for Oaths; Clerk to H.M. Commissioners of 
Sewers for Yarborough and Bradley Haverstoe; Deputy Borough Coroner; 
Joint Solicitor for the Grimsby and District Hostpital; Grand Treasurer 
of the Masonic Province of Lincolnshire.  Recreations; fly fishing; 
shooting; formerly football, having been Vice-Captain of the Grimsby Town 
Football Club; swimming, won the Championship Cup for Grimsby in 1881; 
and rifle shooting.

Married in 1886 Hannah Martha, only daughter of the late JOHN JAMES PAUL
MOODY, Town Clerk of Scarborough and has issue two sons.

The above information was very kindly sent to me by John Emerson.

I have both the PAUL and MOODY families in my ancestry. There is also
a connection to the TRUE family of Stenigot.

*** Last revised: 12-August-2002 ***