History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
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 …
Dorothy Dodd was a British citizen and trained nurse from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, but was originally from Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Dorothy survived the Lusitania sinking. She supposedly missed the maiden voyage of the Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912 with the loss of over 1,500 lives. Contributors Cliff Barry, UK Judith Tavares
Violet James, 32, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was a trained nurse traveling with others aboard Lusitania. She survived the sinking. On her way to London she met Gladys Bilicke, who had just lost her husband in the sinking and clung on to Violet for comfort. Violet, exhausted from the disaster herself, only grudgingly looked after Gladys. …
194
4
3k
432
