History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Christopher Griffiths, 32, a British subject from either Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States was a second cabin passenger and survivor of the Lusitania sinking. His reason for traveling on Lusitania may have been to enlist to fight for the British Army in World War I. Griffiths was born in Rogerstone, in the …
Ambrose Cross, 38, was a British subject from London, England, living in the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei). He came to the United States via San Francisco, California, aboard the Siberia on 12 April 1915. His ticket for Lusitania was 46126 and his cabin was E-46. Cross survived the Lusitania disaster. Not …
Frederick Hammond, 29, was a Canadian from Toronto, Ontario, Canada sailing on Lusitania with his wife Kathleen Hammond to obtain a commission in the Royal British Army. Up until 1913, Mr. and Mrs. Hammond had lived on Grosvenor Street in Toronto. Before sailing he wrote this letter to his half brother Edward Crombie in Paris, …
Osmund Wordsworth, 27, was returning to England on the Lusitania to enlist in the British Army. He was traveling with his sister Ruth. During the last minutes of the sinking, he gave his lifebelt to someone else. Even without his lifebelt, Wordsworth managed to escape the wreck and survive. Ruth also survived. Wordsworth was born 17 May …
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