History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Michael Doyle, 31, was a harness maker who lived on Main Street, Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland. He was a third class passenger aboard Lusitania. He survived the sinking on 7 May 1915 and was picked up by patrol boat No. 85, also known as Heron, and landed in Kinsale, Ireland. Doyle arrived in the United …
Laura Martin, 56, was born Laura Truman and from Ilkeston, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. She married Albert Martin. They moved to New Philadelphia, Ohio, United States in early 1914, but Albert died that August. Now widowed, Laura decided to return home. She took passage on the Lusitania. She survived and submitted this account to the …
Image courtesy Small Town, Big War. Hucknall 1914 – 1918. Queenie Benjamin, 30, was from Newark, Nottinghamshire, England returning home from either Roland, Oklahoma or Roland Park, Maryland, United States, aboard the Lusitania. The following is her account from the Newark Advertiser & South Notts Gazette, 12 May 1915. I had just gone to my …
Induprakash Bannerji, 30, was an Indian national and British subject. His birth name was Induprakash Bandhopadhyay, and his family name was Anglicized to Bannerji. He was the first PhD at Harvard University to come from India. By the time of the Lusitania disaster, Bannerji was living in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Bannerji was lost …
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