A FORMER West End resident and crew member of White Star Line's Titanic has had a road named after him more than 90 years after he perished in a watery grave.

Thirty-five-year-old Jim Jukes, who lived in Moorgreen Road, sailed as a greaser on the Titanic's ill-fated maiden voyage in April 1912 and his body was never found.

Four years ago a memorial was unveiled to the engine room crew member in West End Museum and Heritage Centre.

Now a new road serving the residential development off Moorgreen Road - and only a short distance from the site of Camlens House where Mr Jukes once lived - has been named Jukes Walk.

The name was researched and proposed by the West End Local History Society and agreed by Eastleigh council's local area committee.

Relation Gillian Holloway, who lives in Locks Heath, was invited to be present when the nameplate - complete with details about her great-uncle - was unveiled.

Chairman of the Hedge End, West End and Botley local area committee Councillor Martin Kyrle believes it is important for local information to be included on street name plates.

He said: "Our local area committee is pleased to support road and street names that have historic links and to include an explanation about the origins of the name.

"In this way important information will not be lost in the mists of time."

Another memorial to a West End resident involved in the disaster stands in West End's museum. Captain Sir Arthur Rostrum, who died in November 1940, was hailed as one of the heroes of the catastrophe. He ordered his ship, the Cunard liner Carpathia, to sail 58 miles through pack ice in order to pick up survivors from the Titanic.