Bertram Dean

Bertram Vere Dean (21 May 1910 - 14 April 1992) was a passenger aboard during her maiden voyage.
Bertram Dean was the son of Bertram Frank Dean and his wife, Georgette Eva Light. He had a younger sister, Millvina Dean. The Deans boarded Titanic as third class passengers at Southampton, intending to take passage to America, where they hoped to settle in Wichita, Kansas and open a tobacco shop. On the night of the sinking, the one-year old Bertram, with his sister and his mother, were placed in Lifeboat 10, and survived to be picked up by . His father was lost in the sinking, with his body never being recovered.
Bertram, his mother and sister survived the sinking. They reached New York and were quartered in a hospital for a time before returning to England aboard the Adriatic.
In his later years Bertram was educated at King Edward’s school in Southampton, paid for by compensation from the various Titanic relief funds. He went on to work at Husband’s Shipyard in Southampton where he met George Beauchamp (not to be confused with the famous performer) who, he learned, may have been in the same lifeboat as he. The two became good friends.
Bert Dean was married to Dorothy Sinclair, who had her own Titanic credentials: her father had purchased the music shop in Southampton previously owned by Titanic victim Henry Price Hodges. Bert was very fervent about Titanic-related activities: he granted many interviews guested at several conventions, was a frequent visitor to the Southampton City Heritage’s offices during the 1980s; he was secretary for 25 years for the Anchor Darts Club at the Royal Oak Pub in Woodlands.
Death
Dean died on 14 April 1992 in Southampton, 80 years to the day since Titanic sinking. His sister went on to become the last living Titanic survivor and died 17 years later.

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