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| Fate was also cruel
to American sea post clerk William Logan Gwinn. The six-foot-four-inch
tall Gwinn, known to his co-workers and family as “Will,” was not supposed
to have been aboard Titanic. Upon learning that his wife Florence
was deathly ill, Gwinn requested a transfer from his assigned ship Philadelphia
to serve aboard Titanic. He had hoped the trip on Titanic
would deliver him home to Brooklyn, New York, and his wife more quickly.
Ironically, Florence Gwinn recovered, but her family kept the news of Will’s
death from her for many months.
William Logan Gwinn was originally assigned to the Philadelphia, but was transferred to Titanic when he was summoned home. William Logan Gwinn had been a member of the 71st Armory, New York Militia. |
Travel Commission
On loan from the United States Postal Service. |
United States Sea
Post Badge
 On loan from the United States Postal Service. |
