Gladys Cherry
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Gladys Cherry was a survivor of the Titanic disaster.
In 1912, Gladys travelled with her cousin's wife, Lucy Noël Martha, Countess of Rothes and the Countess' maid, Miss Roberta "Cissy" Maioni, to the United States via the RMS Titanic. Gladys and Noël occupied stateroom B-77.
On the night that the Titanic sank, Gladys retired at ten o'clock. She had been sound asleep until Noël roused her and both began to wonder at the "strange quiet." Realising the engines had stopped; they sought a steward, who informed them the ship had stopped due to icebergs. Excited by the news, the two women rushed up to the boat deck, where they witnessed third class passengers playing with large chunks of ice at the bow of the ship.
Captain E. J. Smith advised the women (along with a group of other first cabin passengers) to dress warmly, put on their lifebelts, and return to the boat deck immediately. After so doing, the women entered lifeboat No. 8. Throughout the night in the lifeboat, Gladys recalled being "numb from the waist downwards," and that the clothes she had worn had been ruined while in the lifeboat. She remained at the tiller all night, while Noël stayed beside a 22 year old Spanish newlywed, Señora Maria Peñasco y Castellana, who had been screaming for her husband, Victor.
Gladys arrived in New York
safely, and there met her brother, Charlie. Eventually she returned to the United Kingdom and resumed life at a normal pace. Gladys married retired army officer George Octavius Shaw Pringle in the 1930s. The couple had no children.
Gladys Pringle (née Cherry) died in Godalming
, Surrey
, in 1965.
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Gladys Cherry was born in Greenwich, England, as the third and last child of J. F. Cherry and his wife, Lady Emily Cherry (née Haworth), the daughter of Mary Elizabeth, 18th Countess of Rothes. Gladys' father died three years after her birth.In 1912, Gladys travelled with her cousin's wife, Lucy Noël Martha, Countess of Rothes and the Countess' maid, Miss Roberta "Cissy" Maioni, to the United States via the RMS Titanic. Gladys and Noël occupied stateroom B-77.
On the night that the Titanic sank, Gladys retired at ten o'clock. She had been sound asleep until Noël roused her and both began to wonder at the "strange quiet." Realising the engines had stopped; they sought a steward, who informed them the ship had stopped due to icebergs. Excited by the news, the two women rushed up to the boat deck, where they witnessed third class passengers playing with large chunks of ice at the bow of the ship.
Captain E. J. Smith advised the women (along with a group of other first cabin passengers) to dress warmly, put on their lifebelts, and return to the boat deck immediately. After so doing, the women entered lifeboat No. 8. Throughout the night in the lifeboat, Gladys recalled being "numb from the waist downwards," and that the clothes she had worn had been ruined while in the lifeboat. She remained at the tiller all night, while Noël stayed beside a 22 year old Spanish newlywed, Señora Maria Peñasco y Castellana, who had been screaming for her husband, Victor.
Gladys arrived in New York
New York City
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safely, and there met her brother, Charlie. Eventually she returned to the United Kingdom and resumed life at a normal pace. Gladys married retired army officer George Octavius Shaw Pringle in the 1930s. The couple had no children.
Gladys Pringle (née Cherry) died in Godalming
Godalming
Godalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, in 1965.