Charles H. Lightoller, the senior surviving "Titanic" officer, managed to sheild his employers from any blame during the two Inquiries but was consistantly denied command of any White Star Line ship. He did not attain command of a vessel until WW1. After the war, he left the sea until WW2 when he took his private yacht "Sundowner" to the coast of France to assist in the Dunkirk evacuation. He died in December 1962 (or 52, again my sources differ).
Captain Stanley Lord of the "Californian" spent the rest of his life trying to clear his name of the stigma of failing to come to "Titanic's" aid. Codemned by the US Senate and the British Board of Trade, he was asked by the Leyland Line to resign. Though he commanded vessels again, they became slower and older ships over the years. Requests by him and others to the Board of Trade to reopen the investigation were denied. Capt. Lord's supporters have used many cleaver agruments to bolster Lord's case, but the fact remains that there was a ship near the "Californian" firing rockets and, whether the "Titanic" or not, Lord did not come to it's aid. Lord died in 1962.
Capt. Arthur Rostron, hero of the "Carpathia" was given the command of the prestigious "Mauretania" which he held until 1926. In 1928, he was made Commodore of the Cunard Line and retired with full honors in 1931. He died in 1940.
The "Californian" was struck by two torpedoes from a U-Boat in the fall of 1917 and sunk.
The "Carpathia" met a similar fate in July, 1918.
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