About Herbert Pitman
Herbert John Pitman (20 November 1877 – 7 December 1961) was a British Merchant Navy seaman, who was the Third Officer of RMS Titanic during its ill-fated maiden voyage, and one of four officers to survive when the ship sank after striking an iceberg during the night of 14 April 1912. Pitman moved from the deck crew to the purser's desk soon after the Titanic disaster. In that capacity, he went on to serve in the Merchant Naval Service in both World War I and World War II. In total, he spent over 50 years at sea as both a deck officer and as a purser. He died in 1961, the second last surviving officer of Titanic. Pitman first went to sea in 1895 at the age of 17. Pitman went on to join the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War I, and also served in the Merchant Naval Service during World War II.
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