Mr. John William Hemingway, Double Bassist

John William Hemingway, 27, of Buslington, England, was a son of Joseph Hemingway and Mary Goodall. The Hemingway family was a family of musicians. The Hemingways had three daughters, Hannah, Mary, Nellie, and two sons, John William and Herbert. Father Joseph Hemingway played the double bass and John followed him. Both father and son frequently …

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Mr. Albert Arthur Bestic, Junior Third Officer

Albert Bestic Junior Third Officer Saved image: Michael Poirier/National Archives Born Albert Arthur Bestic 26 August 1890 Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom (present-day Ireland) Died 20 December 1962 (age 72) Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland Age on Lusitania 24 Lifeboat – Overturned boat – Collapsible Rescued by Bluebell Citizenship British (Irish) Residence Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom …

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Mr. William Herbert Harkness, Assistant Purser

  William Harkness Assistant Purser Saved William Harkness and Barbara Anderson in Queenstown. Image courtesy Cliff Barry. Born William Herbert Harkness 18 June 1885 Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Died 13 July 1938 (age 53) Greatacre, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 29 Lifeboat 15 Rescued by Wanderer (Peel 11) Citizenship British (English) …

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Mr. George William Bilbrough

George Bilbrough, 36, was a British citizen from Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada.  He survived the Lusitania sinking. George shared a room on board Lusitania with Archie Donald and John Wilson.  Bilbrough often played bridge with Wilson, Donald, Thornton Jackson, and Reverend Herbert Gwyer. After the ship sank, Bilbrough found his way onto a damaged collapsible, where he pulled Archie …

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