History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Arthur Howell Burden (1889 – 1915), 26, was the Assistant Purser aboard Lusitania. He was British subject and was killed with the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May 1915. His body was recovered by Queenstown, #11, and buried in Chiswick, London, England. This biography was made possible by Peter Kelly and a collaboration …
George William Alfred Beesley (1893 – 1915), 22, was a Junior Assistant Purser aboard the Lusitania. Beesley was killed when the Lusitania was torpedoed on 7 May 1915. His body was either never recovered or not identified, and he is memorialized at Tower Hill, London. The following biography has been made possible by Peter Kelly …
Read moreMr. George William Alfred Beesley, Junior Assistant Purser
Florence Zikking (1871 – 1948), 44, was a British subject and able-bodied seaman who served in the deck department of the Lusitania when the ship was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May 1915. Zikking survived the sinking and continued to serve in the British Mercantile Marine until his death at age 77 in 1948. This …
John Thomson (1900 – 1915), 15, was a British subject and Scottish national serving as an ordinary seaman for the deck department of the Lusitania on the ship’s final voyage. Thomson was killed when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May 1915, one of the youngest crew members to be lost in the …
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