History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Desmond Cox (1913 – 2000), 17-months old, was a British citizen and Irish national living in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was traveling his mother, Margaret Cox, to Ireland. Both mother and son survived the Lusitania sinking, escaping in lifeboat 15, which was later picked up by the Wanderer, also known as Peel 12. Desmond was born in Winnipeg on 13 November 1913. He was only 17-months old when he and his mother traveled aboard Lusitania‘s last…
…ty Wexford, Ireland, when U-20 shelled the steamer at a distance of about 300 yards. The shells struck the funnel and the upper parts of the ship. Candidate’s firemen panicked and rushed to the lifeboats against Captain Sandiford’s orders to stay at their posts. Sandiford tried to swing his ship’s broadside away from the submarine and only expose the ship’s stern, but the U-20 soon fired on the bridge and Sandiford stopped his ship. He reluctantly…
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