article_snippet.sent: An astonishing letter from the Titanic's owners to the family of a dead officer asking for a huge sum of money to return a dead officer asking for a huge sum of money to return his dead body to England dead body to England has been uncovered 103 years on from the tragedy.
article_snippet.sent: In the Titanic, company bosses demand £20 - the equivalent of £2,000 in today's money - to return his dead body to England, and state that Christopher Moody will have to pick up the tab from there.
article_snippet.sent: Bosses from Ismay Imrie & Co, co-owners of White Star Lines, wrote An astonishing letter from the Titanic's owners to the family of a dead officer asking for a huge sum of money to return his dead body to England to the family of officer James Moody who died on board the Titanic, telling the family of officer James Moody who died on board the Titanic his dead body could be returned - but only for a price .
article_snippet.sent: An astonishing letter from the Titanic's owners to the family of a dead officer asking for a huge sum of money to return his dead body to England asks for £20, almost £2,000 in today's money, to have Christopher Moody remains sent to Christopher Moody home in Scarborough, and say it will be the family's job to pay for Christopher Moody to be transported to the morgue and for burial .
article_snippet.sent: The letter, from bosses at Ismay Imrie & Co, the parent company of White Star Line, read: 'We have your further letter of the 6th instant, and while We will be prepared to transport the remains of your brother across the Atlantic to either Liverpool or Southampton
article_snippet.sent: Should you after further consideration desire the remains of your Brother to be returned will you kindly telegraph We in the morning at the same time sending We a deposit of £20 for any expenses and land charges on the other Side and We will at once cable New York asking then to arrange this if practicable.
article_snippet.sent: We also think it right to point out that the arrangements and expenses for taking charge of the remains after arrival of the steamer at Liverpool or Southampton would be on your account.'
article_snippet.sent: The mere concept of requiring payment for the return of the body of anyone who died on Titanic - let alone one of the ship's officers - is just beyond comprehension. '
article_snippet.sent: When a letter like this was sent the recovery ships had already arrived in New York and the bodies the recovery ships had found had been identified and catalogued. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Brother Christopher wrote to ship's owners asking for body to be returned .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Instead bosses offered brother a picture of brother headstone overseas .