History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Image: Christopher Richards Collection Alexander Campbell (1871 – 1915), 43, of London, England, United Kingdom but originally from Perthshire, Scotland, was general manager of John Dewar and Sons. He did not believe that Lusitania would be torpedoed. He was lost in the Lusitania disaster. Campbell was born on 9 May 1915 in Perthshire, Scotland. He …
image credit: Paul Latimer/Halifax Evening Mail, 11 May 1915. Alfred Clarke, 55, owned A. R. Clarke and Co. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which made leather linings, vests, and moccasins. He was a British subject, married, and had a son and daughter. On the last voyage of the Lusitania, his ticket was 13105 and he stayed in …
Reverend Charles Cowley Clarke, 64, was of the diocese of Clifton near Brighton, England. When purchasing his ticket for Lusitania, Clarke asked if there was any danger and was told that there was none. Clarke’s ticket was 46062 and his cabin was D-12. Clarke became friendly with Staff Captain Anderson who told him early in …
Paul Crompton, 44, was an Englishman returning home to England. He was the Vice President of Surpass Leather Company at St. Martin’s and Hartwell Lanes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Crompton was also a partner in the firm of Alfred Booth and Company, as the Surpass Leather Company was part of the Booth Group. Paul Crompton was …
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