History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Marjorie Pye, 18-months old, was the daughter of Charlotte Pye. They were from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She and her mother were traveling aboard Lusitania to visit Charlotte’s parents in the United Kingdom. Marjorie and Charlotte were at lunch when the ship was torpedoed. They were placed into a lifeboat that overturned. Charlotte was saved from …
Desmond Cox (1913 – 2000), 17-months old, was a British citizen and Irish national living in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was traveling his mother, Margaret Cox, to Ireland. Both mother and son survived the Lusitania sinking, escaping in lifeboat 15, which was later picked up by the Wanderer, also known as Peel 12. Desmond was …
Nancy Wickings-Smith, an infant, was a British citizen from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She was traveling with her father Cyril, mother Phyllis, and uncle Basil. Basil was married to Phyllis’ sister, Beatrice. Beatrice did not sail on Lusitania. Cyril, Phyllis, and Nancy survived the Lusitania sinking. Basil did not. According to the Imperial War Museum’s Pritchard letters collection and survivor Gertrude …
Thomas Marsh, Jr., 11 months old, was a British national traveling aboard Lusitania with his mother Annie and father Thomas, Sr. to Westgate, England. Annie’s employer George Hook and his children Elsie and Frank were also returning to England. Annie and the Hook Family survived the Lusitania sinking. Thomas and Thomas, Jr. did not. The Marshes and the Hooks were from England and had been living in …
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