Miss Queenie Benjamin

Image courtesy Small Town, Big War. Hucknall 1914 – 1918. Queenie Benjamin, 30, was from Newark, Nottinghamshire, England returning home from either Roland, Oklahoma or Roland Park, Maryland, United States, aboard the Lusitania. The following is her account from the Newark Advertiser & South Notts Gazette, 12 May 1915. I had just gone to my …

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Mr. Stanley Llandolf Burnett Lines

Stanley Lines, 30, was manager of the Canadian branch of the Chamberlain and Hookham Electric Meter Company of Birmingham, England. He and his wife Ethel were British subjects who lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Stanley and Ethel were traveling aboard Lusitania to England to volunteer with the Red Cross. Both Stanley and Ethel survived the …

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Mr. Reuben Harris

Reuben Harris, either 63 or 51, was traveling aboard Lusitania with his wife Emma. They were British subjects. They would be visiting their daughter, Mrs. Taylor of 116, Long-lane, Halesowen, England. Mr. and Mrs. Harris had cabled their daughter on Sunday, 2 May 1915, that they would be traveling aboard Lusitania. Both Rueben and Emma …

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