Mr. Algernon Percy Penny, Saloon Cabin Bed Steward

image credit: Michael Poirier/National Archives Percy Penny, 33, was a saloon cabin bed steward who worked on board Lusitania with his brother-in-law, Vernon Livermore. They both lived in Liverpool, married to Hungarian sisters with the last name of Czervenka. Penny was on the port side of the ship during the sinking. Both Penny and Livermore …

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Mr. Stewart Southam Mason

Stewart Mason Saloon Passenger Lost [No Picture Provided] Born Stewart Southam Mason 5 February 1885 Sproughton, Ipswich, England, United Kingdom Died 7 May 1915 (age 30) At sea Age on Lusitania 30 Ticket number 1295 Cabin number B 77 Traveling with – Leslie Mason (wife) – Oliver Bernard (chaperone) Body number 59 Interred Common Grave …

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Father Basil William Maturin

Father Basil Maturin (1847 – 1915), 68, was a British citizen and Irish national.  He was a Roman Catholic chaplain at Oxford University and well-known author of religious books.  Father Maturin, on his 1915 voyage of the Lusitania, had just finished a Lenten series at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in New York. …

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Mr. Frederick Orr Orr-Lewis

Frederick Orr-Lewis (1860 – 1921), 49, was a Canadian businessman and president of Canadian Vickers, Ltd., the Canadian division of the British shipbuilding and armaments corporation, Vickers. He was a native of Montréal, Québec, Canada, but owned an estate in Enfield, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom named Whitewebbs. He had been in Canada on business with …

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