Mr. Henry “Harry” Pollard

…men and left one near death. Pollard investigated the cause of the explosion and believed that he found something to counter the poison gases used by Germany in the First World War. After much hard work in refining his discovery and when he was done, Pollard believed that he had something much more destructive than anything in the German arsenal. With his notes, he booked saloon ticket 13133 on the Lusitania and stayed in cabin E-40. He would off…

Mr. John Henry Lamie Hayes, Junior Fifth Engineer

…ayes family are on display at the Merseyside Maritime Museum’s Titanic, Lusitania and the Forgotten Empress (of Ireland) gallery, donated to the museum by Hayes’ family in 1999. Links of interest John Henry Hayes Collection at the Mersey Maritime Museum References: “Flashback: John Henry Hayes was just one of 1,200 victims of the Lusitania disaster.” Liverpool Echo. Online. Accessed 7 May 2013. <http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-life/liverp…

SS Cameronia

Launched on 27 May 1911, the Cameronia embarked on its maiden voyage for the Anchor Line on 13 September of that year. Her assigned route was Glasgow – Mowville – New York. In 1915, the Cameronia was employed in a joint Anchor-Cunard service on the Glasgow – Liverpool – New York route which she began that February. That June the ship managed to outpace a submarine west of the Skerries, Anglesey. Both the Cunard Line official site and Arnold Kluda…

Mrs. Charles Padley (Florence May Fry)

…an Padley. How much information did you want and what is all this information for. Mike Poirier Hi Joan I used to know your brother Bill. I sent you a reply on Ancestry.com Brenzett I am a member of the brenzett Aeronautical Museum on the Romney Marsh and we have a mobile of a R.N.L.I Lifeboat which is named the Florence May and because I am also a member of Dungeness R.N.L.I Lifeboat I was asked if I could trace it‘s history but I have only been…

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