Jack Phillips (wireless officer)

John George Jack Phillips was a British wireless telegraphist aboard the RMS160Titanic. He served as senior wireless operator on the maiden voyage of the ship. As the Titanic was sinking, Phillips worked tirelessly to send wireless messages to other ships to enlist their assistance with the rescue of the Titanic s passengers and crew. Before the Titanic hit the berg, Phillips told Cyril Evans, the radio operator of the Californian, Shut up I am busy, I am working Cape Race, when interrupted onair by his counterpart warning him that the Titanic was in the vicinity of an ice field.

John George Jack Phillips was born in Farncombe, Surrey, England, to George Alfred Phillips and Anne Sanders, and had two older twin sisters. He finished school in 1902 and began working at the Godalming post office, where he learned telegraphy. He started training to work in wireless for the Marconi Company in March 1906, in Seaforth, and graduated five months later in August.

Source: Wikipedia