History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Thomas McAfee, 28, was a third class passenger who resided in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally from Belfast, Ireland, he was returning to Ireland aboard Lusitania to see friends and family and enlist in the British Army to fight in World War I. He had put off sailing on an earlier ship to sail with his …
Samuel McClimond, 32, was a third class passenger and Irish national living in New York, New York, United States. He was traveling aboard Lusitania to see his family. When the ship was torpedoed on 7 May, McClimond was in the third class dining room. McClimond waiting for the women and children to be provided with …
John McEneaney, 23, was the son of Peter McEneaney, a fowl dealer, from Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. John had lived in New York for some years and “held a good position,” as reported in the Clones Correspondent, Daily Express of 12 May 1915. McEneaney was traveling aboard Lusitania in to visit his family and was …
William Francis ‘Willie’ Neems, 37, was a first class waiter who had worked for the Cunard Steamship Company for most of his life and aboard Lusitania since the ship’s maiden voyage in September 1907. When the Lusitania was sinking, he was last seen trying to save the lives of two children. Neems was lost in …
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