Edward Arthur Dorking

Edward Arthur Dorking (June 18, 1893 – April 12, 1954) was a passenger on RMS Titanic and a survivor from the sinking. Originally from England, he toured the United States and Canada with a vaudeville show. He then fought in World War I and World War II, surviving both. He died in prison in 1954.

Biography Edward Arthur Dorking was born on June 18, 1893, in Stamford Hill, Middlesex, England, the son of Edward Arthur Dorking (born 1867), a policeman, and Florence Derby (born 1876).

Dorking boarded the Titanic at Southampton on April 10, 1912, as a Third Class passenger. He was emigrating to the United States to live with his uncle and aunt, Fred and Violet Cooke, in Oglesby, Illinois. Ogden, Utah, San Francisco, California, Portland, Oregon, Decatur, Illinois, Moline, Illinois, Tacoma, Washington, Davenport, Iowa, and Vancouver. He described his profession as "Vaudeville".

Dorking enlisted into the United States Army in 1917 and was discharged in 1919.

In 2024, British theatremaker Russell Lucas made a show about Edward's life called 'Third Class'.