Master Campbell Ballantyne McKechan

Campbell McKechan (1914 – 1915), 10 months old, was traveling aboard Lusitania with his mother Elizabeth and brother James. He was a dual British subject and American citizen living in Gillespie, Illinois, United States. Campbell initially survived the Lusitania sinking with his mother, but he lost his brother James. Elizabeth and Campbell returned to the United States not long …

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Master Walter Dawson Mitchell, Jr.

Walter Mitchell, Jr. (1914 – 1915), 9-months old, was traveling aboard Lusitania with his parents Walter Dawson Mitchell, Sr., and Jeanette Mitchell, and his mother’s brother, John Moore.  Walter Jr., and Sr., were lost in the Lusitania disaster. Jeanette and John were saved. Walter Mitchell, Jr., was born in August 1914 in Newark, New Jersey, United States to …

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Mr. Walter Dawson Mitchell

Walter Mitchell, 27, was traveling aboard Lusitania with his wife Jeanette and their son, also named Walter, and Jeanette’s brother, John Moore.  Walter and Walter, Jr., were both lost in the Lusitania disaster, but Jeanette and John were saved. Walter was the second son of Reverend G. P. Mitchell, rector of Drumbo, Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland, and grand-nephew of …

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