History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Image credit: Steven Thompson Albert Thompson, 37, was a British national from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. was traveling aboard Lusitania with his friend William Dale. Both men lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and were Irish. Both Thompson and Dale were lost in the Lusitania disaster. Thompson was reported to be an invalid. Thompson was originally from …
Archibald McIlroy, 55, was originally from Northern Ireland and lived in Drumbo, County Down, Ireland, but at the time of the Lusitania disaster he was visiting Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. McIlroy was a well-known author of his time and was lost in the Lusitania sinking. McIlroy was born in Kyln Park in the small market town of Ballyclare, County …
William Myers, 16, was a British citizen from Stratford, Ontario, Canada on his way to England aboard Lusitania to join the British Navy as a cadet. Myers survived the Lusitania sinking. In the Sunday, 9 May 1915 New York Times he is named as MEYERS. Contributor: Judith Tavares References: New York Times. Sunday, 9 May …
Matthew Backa, 28, of Saskatchewan, Canada was a Russian citizen returning to his homeland. He survived the Lusitania sinking. After he returned to Russia he was never heard from again. It is not known if he was lost in the Great War, the following Russian Revolution, or the famine of the early 1920s. His name …
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