History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Albert Bestic Junior Third Officer Saved image: Michael Poirier/National Archives Born Albert Arthur Bestic 26 August 1890 Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom (present-day Ireland) Died 20 December 1962 (age 72) Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland Age on Lusitania 24 Lifeboat – Overturned boat – Collapsible Rescued by Bluebell Citizenship British (Irish) Residence Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom …
William Gardner, 11, was a British subject going to New Zealand aboard Lusitania with his parents James and Annie and his brother Eric. The family was originally from Dunedin, New Zealand. The Gardners, with another brother, Leonard, had been living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for 13 years and were planning to establish a market garden in Nelson, New Zealand. …
Rose Howley, 42, was returning home aboard Lusitania after visiting her niece, Mrs. Leary, in New Rochelle, New York, United States in the weeks before the sinking. Rose survived the Lusitania sinking and rescued Edith Williams. Rose made sure that Edith was taken care of when they reached Queenstown. Rose was a stern, but caring, woman. She was a devout …
Margaret Galligan (1893 – 1973), 22, was a British subject and Irish national living in the United States who was traveling with her aunt, Bridget Lee, as second cabin passengers aboard the Lusitania‘s last voyage. Margaret and Bridget had planned to take the Cameronia across the Atlantic, but the ship’s requisitioning by the British Admiralty reshuffled …
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