History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Charles Robinson, 54, was a United States national traveling with his wife Prudence aboard Lusitania. Charles and Prudence had a home on Tulpehocken Street in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They had given up that home so that Charles could be the London representative of the Walkover Shoe Company. Both Charles and Prudence were lost …
Robert Rankin Saloon Passenger Saved image: Michael Poirer/US National Archives Born Robert Rankin 23 March 1882 Ithaca, New York, United States Died 10 August 1959 (age 76) Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States Age on Lusitania 33 Ticket number 46151 Cabin number E 43 Traveling with Many colleagues on board, but on different tickets Lifeboat 11 Rescued …
Robert Chisholm, 33, was a second steward aboard the last voyage of the Lusitania. He survived the sinking. His grandfather, Captain Daniel Chisholm, was a ships salvager who dived searching for ship wrecks. A memorial in Rake Lane Cemetery in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, commemorates the elder Chisholm’s achievements. Robert had seen the torpedo approach the ship …
Read moreMr. Robert Daniel Fletcher Chisholm, Second Steward
Norman Ratcliff, 36, was a British national from Gillingham, Kent, England, returning home from Hong Kong via Japan, the United States, and Lusitania. Ratcliff entered a port side lifeboat, which was lowered but the ship fell on top of his boat. He was saved from the shipwreck. Ratcliff frequently commuted to and from Hong Kong, …
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