Alphonse Martin Tulloch
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Anyone know who the man is in the Olympic's Summertime Photo with Wilde and the lads, In between hume and alexander. He looks like Harold Godfrey Lowe
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Dan E. Parkes
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Arun Vajpey
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Could that be 6th Officer Harold Holehouse?
Dan E. Parkes
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No, Holehouse is on the far left, standing. as identified by Pitman.
Luca Gelmetti
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Could that officer be John Hall Hutchinson? As far as I know, no photograph of him exists, but the signed crew agreement identified him as well, and judging by the young appearance of the unidentified officer, he also seems to fit Hutchinson's age at the time, which would be around 27 years.
Dan E. Parkes
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The crew agreement you posted is from the maiden voyage, while the photograph in the original post is not from the maiden voyage but sometime shortly thereafter, when Evans was replaced by Wilde as chief officer. Also, which officer would Hutchinson be? As the maiden voyage crew agreement shows all 6 officers:
Actually, I have just cross-checked it with Titanic's crew agreement and there is also a J Hutchinson listed on line 11... and he was the Joiner/Carpenter, so is of course listed here on ET: https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/john-hall-hutchinson.html
Luca Gelmetti
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Well, I didn't mean that Hutchinson was an officer exactly, but that he could very well be the man next to Hume and Alexander, but that's my speculation, and of course, I don't have access to the crew agreement that would have been occurred at the later time around when the photograph was taken. Thirteen men are shown, so it may or may not be, but who knows.
Arun Vajpey
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Luca has a point. That man might not have been an "officer" in the literal marine sense but one of the other staff. For instance, did Assistant Pursers or Assistant Engineers wear those peaked caps? Summer uniforms did not feature rank bands on the sleeves and we can just about see that the young man the OP asked about is wearing shoulder epaulettes but not what's on them.
Thomas Krom
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That is assistant surgeon Ryder Nash.
Arun Vajpey
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Great! You are correct, I believe: Nash of Glanmire Cork
Thomas Krom
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Hutchinson would have worn a different uniform too, his uniform was comparable to that of the boatswain.
