History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Percy Draper (1885 – 1953), 29, was the second purser aboard the Lusitania’s last voyage. When the ship was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May 1915, Draper went down with the ship but came up to the surface and survived. He was picked up by lifeboat 15, which was rescued by the Wanderer (Peel 11). …
George William Alfred Beesley (1893 – 1915), 22, was a Junior Assistant Purser aboard the Lusitania. Beesley was killed when the Lusitania was torpedoed on 7 May 1915. His body was either never recovered or not identified, and he is memorialized at Tower Hill, London. The following biography has been made possible by Peter Kelly …
Read moreMr. George William Alfred Beesley, Junior Assistant Purser
Florence Zikking (1871 – 1948), 44, was a British subject and able-bodied seaman who served in the deck department of the Lusitania when the ship was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May 1915. Zikking survived the sinking and continued to serve in the British Mercantile Marine until his death at age 77 in 1948. This …
James Sikking (1891 – 1927), 24, was a British subject and boatswain’s mate in the deck crew of the RMS Lusitania on that ship’s final voyage. When the ship was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-20 on 7 May 1915, Sikking survived. Sikking died of injuries related to a fall in Australia in …
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