History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Albert Charles Dunn, 30, was Intermediate Sixth Engineer aboard Lusitania. He was rescued from the sinking when the ship was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 on 7 May 1915. While in the water, he found Assistant Cook George Wynne unconscious in the water and tied the boy to some wreckage to keep afloat. As …
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George Wynne, 16, of Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, was an Assistant Cook for saloon cabin (first class). His father, Joseph Wynne, worked with him in the Lusitania‘s galley (kitchen). Wynne was in the vegetable locker when the Lusitania was torpedoed. He found his father Joseph, but they separated when Joseph went to find a lifejacket …
Charles Tilden Hill, 38, was a United States citizen living in England with his family, where he worked for the American Tobacco Company. The Hills had returned to the United States for Mrs. Hill’s health, and Charles was returning to England aboard Lusitania. Charles Hill saw the torpedo impact the ship and survived the sinking. …
Norman Stones (c. 1887 – 1964), 28, was a professional vocalist by trade, and a poultry and fruit farmer in Texada Island, British Columbia, Canada. Stones was traveling on Lusitania with his wife, Hilda Mary. Norman and Hilda were returning to England to see her sick mother. Both Norman and Hilda went down with the ship …
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