History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
image credit: Michael Poirier/National Archives Frank Holman, 30, was a third-class waiter aboard Lusitania on the ship’s last voyage. Holman survived the Lusitania sinking. Holman was born in Dawlish, England, United Kingdom on 1 November 1884. Holman was carrying a pocket watch when a torpedo struck the Lusitania just south of Ireland on 7 May …
Dwight C. Harris (1884 – 1969), 31, was a United States national from New York City, New York. He was traveling aboard Lusitania to be married that summer. Harris survived the Lusitania sinking on 7 May 1915 and married Aileen Cavendish Foster that July. Early life Dwight Harris was born on 6 January 1884. Harris’ …
Owen McCann, 30, was a trimmer on the Lusitania, a position where one redistributes the weight of the coal as the ship uses it up, in order to maintain the “trim” of the ship. McCann died in the disaster. His body was either unidentified or not recovered. Owen was born or baptized on 24 December 1884 …
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