History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…morning the Cameronia was supposed to sail, 1 May 1915, the ship was requisitioned by the British Admiralty. The Aitken family, along with forty or so others, were transferred to the Lusitania. On board, James, Jarvie, and Jarvie, Jr. shared an E Deck cabin while Chrissie stayed in the room next to theirs. Chrissie could not find James, Jarvie, or James Jarvie, Jr. after the torpedo struck. She was the only one of the party that survived. James…
…-class dining saloon was decorated in the design of Louis XVI and situated on one floor, although the balcony and raised ceiling above gave the impression that the room spanned two decks. The grill room was decorated in Jacobean style. The men’s smoking room was Carolean with oak paneling and beams, modeled on the Greenwich Hospital. The ladies’ drawing room was decorated in the Adam style, recalling features from the Landsdowne House in Londo…
…eonard Peskett for the Cunard Line, Mauretania was built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter and launched on 20 September 1906. Entering service on 16 November 1907, she was the Cunard Line flagship before the First World War. One of the most famous and most popular Atlantic liners, Mauretania was also the fastest ship on the North Atlantic. She won the Eastbound Blue Riband on the return leg of her maiden voyage in December 1907 and engaged in…
…ley, in South Attleborough, Massachusetts, sailing in 3rd class accommodation on the Cunarder Franconia from Liverpool. She arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on 1 July. On arrival, she named her brother James as her next of kin. On 27th September 1914, when she was 22, Cissie married Frank Wardle, a 23-year-old tannery operative formerly from Prestbury, Cheshire, in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. Frank had arrived in Boston the year before Ciss…
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