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501114 Richard T Deane My grandfather, Richard T Deane and his first wife Dorothy Wyatt were aboard the City of Benares. Dorothy was lost due to exposure and he gave her up to the ocean to allow room for someone else to climb into the life boat he had commandeered. Or so the story goes. It left him widowed with 7 children, but he later remarried and had 2 more children. He died at the age of 89 in 1973. My mother said he rarely talked of the tragedy but there is mention of him in a book called "Children of the Benares" Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.