Within months of Titanic's sinking, several relief fund schemes were set up in order to provide for the surviving family members of Titanic's unfortunate dead.

This check, issued April 1st, 1917, for £1.00, is addressed to a Mr. J. Berriman, the surviving father of Mr. William John Berriman, a second class passenger booked on Titanic under ticket number 28425. His body, if recovered, was never identified.