History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Desmond Cox (1913 – 2000), 17-months old, was a British citizen and Irish national living in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was traveling his mother, Margaret Cox, to Ireland. Both mother and son survived the Lusitania sinking, escaping in lifeboat 15, which was later picked up by the Wanderer, also known as Peel 12. Desmond was …
Margaret Cox, 27, was a British citizen and Irish national living in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was traveling with her 17-month old son Desmond to Ireland to visit a friend, Mrs. Hobcroft, in Dalkey, Dublin. Both mother and son survived the Lusitania sinking, escaping in lifeboat 15, which was later picked up by the Wanderer, …
Archibald Donald, called Archie by his friends, was a Scotch-Canadian in his early twenties at the time of the Lusitania‘s sailing. He had been a structural engineer working for the Truscon-Steel Company in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He was enroute to officers’ training at Edinburgh University, Scotland. On board Lusitania, Archie Donald shared a room with John …
Reverend Herbert Gwyer, 32, was a British citizen living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, traveling aboard Lusitania with his wife Margaret Gwyer. They had been just married on 15 April 1915. Both Herbert and Margaret survived the Lusitania sinking. Herbert Gwyer was born in 1883, the son of John Edward Gwyer. Herbert was educated at Magdalene College at the …
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