Arthur West

Titanic hero''s sacrifice surfaces 97 years after tragedy

titanicLondon, Mar 26 : A heart-rending story of an unsung hero of the Titanic tragedy has emerged - 97 years after his death.

New archives reveal how Arthur West, 36, perished on the Titanic after leaving a lifeboat to get his wife and children some hot milk.

Arthur, a shopworker by profession, was taking wife Ada and daughters Constance, five, and ten-month-old Barbara to start a new chapter of life in America when the liner sank in 1912.