Bibliography, Maps, and Internet Links

Bibliography

• Addison, Albert Christopher. The Story of the Birkenhead. London: Gresham Press Unwin Brothers Ltd, 1902.
• Addison, A.C., and W.H. Matthews. A Deathless Story: The Birkenhead and Its Heroes. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press, 2001.
• Bevan, David. Drums of the Birkenheard. Larson Publications, 1972.
  
• Bevan, David. Stand Fast: Sinking of the Troopship Birkenhead. New Malden, Surrey: Traditional Publishing, 1998.
• Corbett, Scott. Danger Point: The Wreck of the Birkenhead. Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1962.
  
• Esshom, Frank Elwood. Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Co., 1913.
  
• Kerr, J. Lennox. The Unfortunate Ship: The Story of H.M. Troopship Birkenhead. London: George Harrap, 1960.
• Phillips, Douglas W. The Birkenhead Drill. The Vision Forum, Inc., 2004.
  
• Scribner, Cecile James. Every life with a purpose. Santa Rosa, Calif.: Trusthouse Book Co., 1988.
  

Map Links

• Danger Point, South Africa
• Fareham, Hampshire, England
• Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Webcam
• Salt Lake City, Utah

Internet Links

• BBC - Hampshire (Up to date news coverage of the Hampshire area)
• Birkenhead: Passenger List (Has listed "Boy, J R Howard" beneath a listing for a man by the name of John Howard, private, 2nd Regiment. There are no other Howards listed)
  
• Birkenhead-Built: An Unrivaled Legacy (A listing of the ships built at Birkenhead, including its namesake ship)
• Birkenhead vs. Titanic (A website comparing the two disasters)
• Gansbaai (South Africa) 150th Commemoration (This is probably the most complete website regarding the Birkenhead)
  
• Break-up of the Birkenhead wreckage (A sketch of the way the wreckage landed on the ocean floor)
• "Loss of the Birkenhead" by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle (A poem describing the tragedy)
• Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail database (John Richards Howard is not listed in this database, nor is the "Arthur Brown Company")
• Painting of the Birkenhead (A single painting of the Birkenhead)
  
• Paintings of the Birkenhead (3 paintings of the ship)
• Survivors of the Birkenhead 50 years later (Also a very nice website with some personal accounts of the incident)
  
• The Birkenhead Disaster (lists "Private John Howard")
• The Dive Spot (a scuba diving guide to the Birkenhead wreckage)