Barbara Joyce West Dainton (born May 24, 1911) was born in Bournemouth, Dorset, England and was 10 months and 22 days old when the Titanic sank. Her family boarded the Titanic at Southampton as second-class passengers. Barbara, her mother and older sister Constance escaped on one of the lifeboats (possibly number 10). Barbara's father, Edwy Arthur West, died in the sinking. Barbara West married William Ernest B. Dainton in 1952 and currently lives in Truro, England.^[1] She is 95 years old. May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Bournemouth is a large resort town on the south coast of England. ... For other uses, see Dorset (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up titanic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... Truro (pronounced ; Cornish: Truru) is the only city within the county of Cornwall, it is also Cornwalls administrative centre. ...

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1. ^ Coombes, Steve, Robert Dainton, Chris Dohany, Matt Endacott, Phillip Gowan, and Brian Ticehurst. Miss Barbara Joyce West. Encyclopedia Titanica. Retrieved on December 2, 2005.