Stoughton Resident Who Perished on Titanic to be Memorialized a Century After Ship Sank

Portions of a press release was used in this article:

One hundred years to the day of the sinking of the Titanic, Stoughton will honor a resident who was among the more than 1,000 people who lost their lives when the ill-fated ship collided with an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank in the North Atlantic ocean in April of 1912. 

George Quincy Clifford was a forty year old Stoughton resident and the President of the George E. Belcher Last Co.  He perished on his voyage back to Stoughton aboard the R.M.S. TITANIC on April 15, 1912. Clifford had been traveling in Europe since February 1912 securing contracts for the Belcher Last Co. in hopes to supply more work for Stoughton residents at that factory.  His body was never recovered.  

The public is invited on April 15, 2012 at 2 p.m. to attend a memorial dedication of a bronze plaque in memory of Clifford at 4 Capen Street (off Pleasant St. Rte. 139) in Stoughton where an 18 x 14 bronze plaque installed on the structure of the former Belcher Last Factory where he worked (now the Rose Forte Apartment building) will be unveiled.  

This plaque was made possible by the generous donations of Stoughton citizens and Titanic historians.

Some of Clifford's descendants will be asked to unveil this memorial long overdue in the town of Stoughton.  There will also be a short memorial service at the unveiling to remember the passengers who died on the Titanic, including Clifford.

The service will include words from the clergy of his former church in Brockton; a brief historical sketch of his life by Stoughton historian David Allen Lambert; remarks by invited guests; and the singing of the Mariners Hymn – For Those in Peril on the Sea (the last hymn sung aboard the Titanic at church services held the morning of April 14, 1912).
 
After the memorial dedication there will be a reception and open house at the Stoughton Historical Society at 6 Park Street (corner of Pleasant and Park).
 
Any questions please contact David Allen Lambert at dalresearch@verizon.net.