Reverend David Loynd, 51, was traveling aboard Lusitania with his wife, Alice. Husband and wife were lost after the got into a lifeboat that spilled as it was lowering. Bodies of both husband and wife were recovered.
Loynd was born on 12 November 1862 at 157 Park Street in Bolton, England. His father William was a cotton spinner. By 1903, David had met Alice Grimshaw who was from the Tottington area and they were married at the Bury Baptist Church.
Loynd did missionary work in Indiana among other places. When the ship was struck David and Alice got into a lifeboat with Albert and Gladys Bilicke, which spilled as it was being lowered.
David Loynd’s body was recovered, #234.
Contributors:
Michael Poirier
References:
Hoehling, A. A. and Mary Hoehling. The Last Voyage of the Lusitania. Madison Books, 1956.
Sauder, Eric and Ken Marschall with Bill Sauder. R. M. S. Lusitania: Triumph of the Edwardian Age. Waterfront Publications, 1993.
My grandmother was Joyce Loynd who often mentioned a relative named David who died aboard this ship. I believe he was her uncle. I vaguely remember a pocket watch that was found on David’s body was in her safe which was to be passed to me when she died but I never did find where it went to.
Didn’t know he was married and his wife also died though!
It was never talked about openly.