British subject
Mr. Robert Daniel Fletcher Chisholm, Second Steward
Robert Chisholm, 33, was a second steward aboard the last voyage of the Lusitania. He survived the sinking. His grandfather, Captain Daniel Chisholm, was a ships salvager who dived searching for ship wrecks. A memorial in Rake Lane Cemetery in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, commemorates the elder Chisholm’s achievements. Robert had seen the torpedo approach the ship …
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Mr. Norman Albert Ratcliff
Norman Ratcliff, 36, was a British national from Gillingham, Kent, England, returning home from Hong Kong via Japan, the United States, and Lusitania. Ratcliff entered a port side lifeboat, which was lowered but the ship fell on top of his boat. He was saved from the shipwreck. Ratcliff frequently commuted to and from Hong Kong, …
Mr. Percy William Rogers
Percy Rogers, 46, a British national from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was part of the Canadian National Exhibition. He was on the Lusitania enroute to England in connection to the Toronto Fair. Rogers survived the Lusitania sinking and owed his life to his swimming skills. His ticket aboard Lusitania was 6928 and he stayed in cabin D-44. In …
