History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Mr. James Baker, 50, was the director of an oriental carpet company that traded in London, the United States, and the Near East. Baker had traveled to New York from Liverpool on Lusitania and was returning to Britain on the ship’s last crossing. He was on the port side of Lusitania during the sinking, assisting with the loading and …
Gladys Crompton Saloon Passenger Lost Gladys Crompton and children. Image: New York Times, 8 May 1915. Born Gladys Mary Salis-Schwabe 3 February 1878 Cumbersall House, Lancaster, England, United Kingdom Died 7 May 1915 (age 37) At sea Age on Lusitania 37 Ticket number 46081 Cabin number D 56 Traveling with – Paul Crompton (husband) – …
Charles Warren Bowring, 44, was an Englishman representing a branch of his family firm, Bowring Shipowners and Agents in New York. He was at lunch when the torpedo struck Lusitania. He jumped off the starboard side as the ship was sinking. He was rescued by Bluebell. Lusitania Bowring had seen the German warning in the …
image: The Boston Globe, Globe Pequot Press. Guilford, CT. Courtesy Carole Lindsay. Carlton Brodrick, 28, was an American professor from Newton Centre, Massachussetts, United States. Carlton was traveling on the Lusitania to assist Herbert Hoover in Belgian relief work. His ticket for Lusitania was 46135 and he stayed in cabin B-106. He was friends with James Houghton, Scott Turner, and Richard …
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