Walter Hurst was a fireman on board the Titanic. He survived the sinking on the overturned Collapsible Lifeboat B. Walter Hurst was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England on November 24th, 1883. He was the son of Charles Henry Hurst (1853-1933) and Eliza Ann Miller (1855-), both Southampton natives who had married there in 1874. Walter was one of eight children, his siblings being: Martha Ann (b. 1875), Robert Edward (b. 1878), Mary (b. 1880), Charles Henry (b. 1882), Ellen (b. 1886), Joseph Henry (b. 1887) and Louisa (b. 1891).