June 17th, 1911 - December 4th, 1987

He is a Gemini.

Sibley George Richards was born in Newlyn, Cornwall, England to James Sibley Richards (1887 - 1939), a general labourer, and Emily Hocking (1887 - 1972). His parents were both Cornish and had married in 1908. By 1912, he had one sibling, his elder brother William Rowe (born 1909). Just prior to his birth, his family were showed on the 1911 census living at St. Mary's Place, Penzance, a boarding house ran by his grandmother Eliza Hocking. His parents later moved to 'The Meadow' in Newlyn, Cornwall where he was reportedly born.

His father and uncle George Hocking subsequently emigrated to Akron, Ohio and Sibley, his mother, and his brother boarded the RMS Titanic on April 10th, 1912 in Southampton as 2nd class passengers. They had been transferred over from the Oceanic. Travelling with them was his grandmother Eliza Hocking, aunt Ellen Hocking, uncle Richard George Hocking, who has returned from Akron to accompany them, and great-aunt Ellen Wilkes. On the night of the sinking, Sibley and his brothe were asleep in their cabin with their mother when their grandmother came to alert them of the danger. The family escaped the sinking but Richard George was lost in the sinking. Upon arriving in New York, he was met by his father who had travelled from Akron.

He and his family settled in Akron, Ohio but the death of his grandmother in April of 1914 perhaps compelled the family to return to England and they did so before the end of the year. Back in England, his mother had another child, a daughter named Emily Needs (born 1914). He and his brother William, with whom he had been saved from the Titanic, reportedly became estranged from each other in later years. Sibley later worked as a fish worker in Newlyn and in 1938 was married to Lizzie James (August 2nd, 1907) and they had son, Arthur George. During WWII, he served in the Royal Navy aboard the battleship HMS Duke of York and was present during ship's battle with the German Battle-Cruiser Scharnhorst.

Later he was present to the surrender of the imperial Japanese navy. In 1981 he was a special guest at the London premiere of Raise The Titanic. Sibley died in Penzance on December 4th, 1987 at the age of 76 and was buried in St. Paul Cemetery, Cornwall. Lizzie passed away on April 7th, 1995.

Sources:
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

Rest In Peace Sibley George Richards.