History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Leonard Hanson Sloane (1892 – 1915), 23, was a British subject and junior assistant purser aboard the last voyage of the Lusitania. Sloane was lost when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-20 on 7 May 1915. His body was either not recovered or not identified. Biography Leonard Hanson Sloane was …
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 …
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). …
Arthur Howell Burden (1889 – 1915), 26, was the Assistant Purser aboard Lusitania. He was British subject and was killed with the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May 1915. His body was recovered by Queenstown, #11, and buried in Chiswick, London, England. This biography was made possible by Peter Kelly and a collaboration …
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