History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
John Thomson (1900 – 1915), 15, was a British subject and Scottish national serving as an ordinary seaman for the deck department of the Lusitania on the ship’s final voyage. Thomson was killed when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May 1915, one of the youngest crew members to be lost in the …
Herbert Fleming, 19, was a British subject and able-bodied seaman who served in the deck department of the Lusitania on that ship’s last voyage. He was part of the baggage handling team led by Baggage Master John Crank who were in the baggage room, above the site of the torpedo impact, when the ship was …
William Francis ‘Willie’ Neems, 37, was a first class waiter who had worked for the Cunard Steamship Company for most of his life and aboard Lusitania since the ship’s maiden voyage in September 1907. When the Lusitania was sinking, he was last seen trying to save the lives of two children. Neems was lost in …
Cliff Morton Able-Bodied Seaman Saved John Morton. Image credit: Michael Poirier/National Archives. Born John Clifford Morton 18 May 1895 Great Crosby, England, United Kingdom Died 6 June 1943 (age 48) HMS Asbury Age on Lusitania 19 Lifeboat 1, 15 Rescued by Flying Fish Interred Asbury Park (now Monmouth) Memorial Park, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, United …
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