History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Alfred Harrod (1891 – 1915), 23, was a British subject and one of the junior assistant purser aboard the Lusitania on the ship’s final and fateful voyage. When the Lusitania was torpedoed on 7 May 1915, Harrod was lost with the ship. His body was either not identified or not recovered, so he is memorialized …
Sadie Hale (1885 – 1915), 29, was the typist aboard Lusitania on the ship’s final voyage. A native of northern Ireland, she was a British subject and was killed when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-20 on 7 May 1915. Her body was recovered, #127, and is buried in the …
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
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