James Paul Moody 4376454 223315133 2008-07-03T15:03:36Z 86.155.36.254 /* Early life */ {{Infobox Person | name = James Paul Moody | image = Moodyj.jpg | image_size = 120px | birth_date = [[21 August]] [[1887]] | birth_place = {{flagicon|England}} [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire]], [[England]] | death_date = [[15 April]] [[1912]] | death_place = [[Atlantic Ocean]] | occupation = Ship's Sixth Officer | parents = John Henry Moody and Evelyn Louis Lammin }} '''James Paul Moody''' ([[21 August]] [[1887]] &ndash; [[15 April]] [[1912]]) was the Sixth Officer of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] and the only junior officer of the ship to die in the disaster. ==Early life== Little is known about Moody's youth. He was born in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire]], [[England]], the son of John Henry Moody and Evelyn Louis Lammin. He went to sea at the age of 14 and attended the HMS Conway nautical training ship at Birkenhead. Moody joined the [[White Star Line]] that same year and served on their liner [[RMS Oceanic (1899)|RMS ''Oceanic'']] (along with fellow ''Titanic'' officer [[Charles Lightoller]]) before being transferred to the Titanic in [[1912]] at age 24. At that time he was living with an uncle at St. James House, [[Grimsby]], [[Lincolnshire]] he was a part of the moody family later to become a gilmour as he moved to belfast where the titanic was built ==RMS ''Titanic''== Along with the other junior officers, Moody received a telegram early in 1912 ordering him to report to White Star's [[Liverpool]] offices on [[26 March]]. From there he traveled to board ''Titanic'' at the [[Harland & Wolff]] yard in [[Belfast]]. ''Titanic'' then sailed for [[Southampton]] to take on passengers. Moody's service as Sixth Officer earned him about $37 a month, although he was allowed his own cabin as compensation for his small salary. On ''Titanic'''s sailing day, [[10 April]], Moody assisted, among other things, in aiding Fifth Officer [[Harold Lowe]] in lowering two of the starboard lifeboats to satisfy the Board of Trade that ''Titanic'' met safety standards. He was also in charge of closing the last gangway, and most likely saved the lives of six crewman who arrived too late to board by turning them away. Once the ship had put to sea, Moody stood the 4-5 <small>PM</small> watch and both 8-12 watches, which meant that he was on watch, together with [[First Officer]] [[William McMaster Murdoch|William Murdoch]], when the ''Titanic'' struck an iceberg at 11.40 <small>PM</small> on [[14 April]]. After spotting the iceberg, lookout [[Frederick Fleet]] rang the warning bell three times and phoned the bridge. It was Moody who answered the call, asking, "What do you see?" Fleet replied, "Iceberg, right ahead!" In the ensuing evacuation, Moody helped in the loading of lifeboat Nos. 12, 14, and 16. While loading No. 14, Fifth Officer Lowe remarked that an officer should man the lifeboat. While the lower-ranker Moody would traditionally have been given this task, he deferred to Lowe. It was a decision that would seal his fate. Moody was last seen trying to launch Collapsible A, an emergency lifeboat, just a few minutes before the final sinking. Although his final fate is unknown, it is likely that, like most of ''Titanic'''s victims, he succumbed to [[hypothermia]] in the frigid [[Atlantic Ocean|North Atlantic]] waters. He was 24 at the time of his death. His body, if recovered, was never identified. Moody was the only junior officer on the Titanic to go down with the ship. A monument in Woodland Cemetery, Scarborough, commemorates Moody's sacrifice on the ''Titanic'' with the Biblical quote, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (see {{bibleverse||John|15:13}}) Officer Moody was portrayed by [[Edward Fletcher (actor)|Edward Fletcher]] in the 1997 blockbuster movie ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''. The film depicted Moody admitting steerage passengers Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi onboard the ship only moments before it departed Southampton. ==References== * [http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography/1358/ [[Encyclopedia Titanica]]] * [http://www.titanic-titanic.com/james_moody.shtml Titanic-Titanic] * [http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/item/4684/ All the Horrors Seem to Happen at Night] {{Titanic crew}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moody, James Paul}} [[Category:1887 births]] [[Category:1912 deaths]] [[Category:British sailors]] [[Category:Titanic's crew and passengers]] [[Category:Deaths by hypothermia]] [[Category:Deaths on the Titanic]] [[Category:People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire]] [[de:James P. Moody]] [[eo:James Paul Moody]] [[es:James Paul Moody]] [[fr:James Paul Moody]] [[it:James P. Moody]] [[nl:James Paul Moody]]