Mr. Thomas Francis O’Mahoney, Able-Bodied Seaman

Thomas O’Mahoney (1894 – 1959), 21, was a British subject and an able-bodied seaman in the deck department serving on the Lusitania‘s last voyage who was saved from the sinking. O’Mahoney had narrowly avoided being trapped in the baggage room by drinking an extra cup of tea. During the voyage, he assisted passengers to lifeboats …

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Mr. Archibald Douglas Donald

Archibald Donald, called Archie by his friends, was a Scotch-Canadian in his early twenties at the time of the Lusitania‘s sailing.  He had been a structural engineer working for the Truscon-Steel Company in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.  He was enroute to officers’ training at Edinburgh University, Scotland. On board Lusitania, Archie Donald shared a room with John …

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