History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Sarah Rose Lohden, 38, resided at Balmy Beach, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was traveling with her eleven-year-old daughter, Elise. Both mother and daughter survived the disaster. The following is her account: All during the voyage we were all talking of submarines. It seemed people could do nothing but discuss the possibility of attack. I had …
Henry Needham (? – 1944), was a British subject living in New York, New York, United States. He was traveling aboard Lusitania to return to his family home in Sidcup, Kent, England. His brothers had recently enlisted to fight in the Great War, and like many male passengers aboard the ship, Needham was doing his duty …
Leonard Hanson Sloane (1892 – 1915), 23, was a British subject and junior assistant purser aboard the last voyage of the Lusitania. Sloane was lost when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-20 on 7 May 1915. His body was either not recovered or not identified. Biography Leonard Hanson Sloane was …
David McCormick (1895 – ?), 20, was the assistant radio operator of the Lusitania on that ship’s last voyage, serving with Robert Leith. McCormick had been in the radio room when the ship was torpedoed. He and Leith stayed at their posts to send out distress signals until no more could be done. McCormick had …
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