England
Mr. Peter Smith, Master-at-Arms
Peter Smith (1856 – 1915), 59, was one of two Master-at-Arms aboard the last voyage of the Lusitania, with William Williams. As Master-at-Arms, he would have been in charge of the stowaways arrested right after the ship left New York. Smith was lost in the Lusitania disaster. His body was either not recovered or not identified. …
Mr. Frederick Charles Tyers
Frederick Tyers was a British subject and friend of Arthur Jackson Mitchell. Both of them were from Nottinghamshire, England. Tyers was lost in the Lusitania disaster, but his body was recovered and buried, #17. Arthur Jackson Mitchell saw Tyers picked up from the sea, but Tyers did not survive. Tyers’ parents were comforted that he …
Mrs. Albert Martin (Laura Truman)
Laura Martin, 56, was born Laura Truman and from Ilkeston, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. She married Albert Martin. They moved to New Philadelphia, Ohio, United States in early 1914, but Albert died that August. Now widowed, Laura decided to return home. She took passage on the Lusitania. She survived and submitted this account to the …
